Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 99.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '16 at 04:30
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 151 2-Core 300 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 597 8-Core 580 79% 588 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 153 Parallax 142 113% 145 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 134 Splatting 111 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8138066 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -5832565585828 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 23 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 37 81606803486 (C2) HDA temperature 30 37 81606803486 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8138066 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8138066 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8138066 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 124554051584 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1740 (EA) Unknown 0 0 701 (F1) Unknown 0 0 701 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1044 (F4) Unknown 100 100 917508	70.6% Very good	Read 475 Write 226 Mixed 292 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 10.7 100% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 9.54 64% 146 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 85%
Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB-$47 10,943 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 96GB free Firmware: GKAOAB0A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 150 (03) Spinup time 106 106 30110122605 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 12675 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 67 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 33 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 58525 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 510 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 14277 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 14277 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 313533268009 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 65 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	36% Below average	Read 58.1 Write 67.1 Mixed 66.1 48% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.49 111% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 46%
ST3000DM 001-1ER166 3TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 681GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 43.5 Write 42.4 Mixed 33.5 50% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.24 68% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 21%
WD My Passport Essential USB 3.0 500GB 2,842 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 12GB free, PID 0730 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 35.9 Write 34.6 Mixed 31.7 43% 34.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.13 32% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2800 C16 2x8GB 1,384 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 27.2 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 27.6 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 95%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,912x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,397x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	639x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,331x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	817x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	740x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	604x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	558x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	553x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	382x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	301x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16