Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	133% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '16 at 19:16
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 224 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 654 64% 524 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855C) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.2% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 105 Parallax 95 83% 100 fps	MRender 87.3 Gravity 91.8 Splatting 84.7 72% 88 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 158GB free Firmware: X211200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 863 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 596 (A7) Unknown 100 100 25 (A8) Unknown 100 100 89 (A9) Unknown 100 100 350 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 32 (AE) Unknown 100 100 247 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 50 214748495901 (D4) Unknown 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 262 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 262 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8216694067 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7294864683 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	77.1% Very good	Read 410 Write 319 Mixed 352 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 22.6 108% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 46.7 78% 152 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 99%
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C4005T2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 50 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16 (64) Unknown 100 100 2370432 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 35 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 100 201864577061 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (EA) Unknown 100 100 511 (F1) Unknown 100 100 444 (F2) Unknown 100 100 448 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 400	133% Outstanding	Read 1,184 Write 706 Mixed 848 202% 913 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 15.8 106% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 13.2 80% 183 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 159%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 12GB 285 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	73% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 21.2 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 22 64% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 73%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,892x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,381x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	636x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	229x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	550x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	376x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	299x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16