Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	58.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '17 at 05:18
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 260 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 688 69% 561 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E348) CLim: 1210 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	Lighting 26.1 Reflection 31.7 Parallax 31.4 21% 29.7 fps	MRender 30.6 Gravity 24.9 Splatting 34.7 25% 30.1 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNJ512GCSY 512GB 92 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 359GB free (System drive) Firmware: JYRA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9150 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 266 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 76 62 163209543704 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	108% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 407 Mixed 505 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 46.3 154% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 219 195% 293 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
Intel 540s Series 1TB 1,702 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 230GB free Firmware: LSBG200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 48 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 265 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 29 33 47246802973 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 41934 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 41934 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14812 (F9) Unknown 100 100 969 (FC) Unknown 100 100 1	112% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 465 Mixed 508 111% 495 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 42.5 160% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 80.3 123% 231 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 96%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 113 (03) Spinup time 147 147 34389033407 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 260 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9122 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 260 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3046 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3046 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 176094576670 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	95.2% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 162 Mixed 147 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.49 131% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 97%
Hitachi HDS723030ALA640 8TB 1.5TB free Firmware: GX0B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 10783 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 54 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 2988 (0A) Spinup retry count 101 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 54 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 71 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 171799281693 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 93 93 2980 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 530 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	84.6% Excellent	Read 133 Write 161 Mixed 142 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.23 4K Write 6.28 4K Mixed 0.49 222% 2.67 MB/s

WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 379GB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 116 (03) Spinup time 148 148 38683476417 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 259 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9114 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 259 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2791 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2791 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 176094576669 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	83.8% Excellent	Read 149 Write 143 Mixed 137 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.43 100% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x16GB 9,153 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.6% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 23.6 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 20 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 140%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,894x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,381x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,322x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	550x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	377x
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 $40	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