Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	59.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	216% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	May 10 '18 at 16:07
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 145 2-Core 273 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 799 80% 648 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% EVGA(3842 6167) 3GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Lighting 74.4 Reflection 72.5 Parallax 61 61% 69.3 fps	MRender 69 Gravity 67.8 Splatting 71 57% 69.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 2,045 Write 862 Mixed 1,103 293% 1,337 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 50.7 222% 84.9 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 164 170% 279 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 243%
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 96GB free Firmware: 5.0.7b Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3012746 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 57621281254085 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 957 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 88 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 57 73018179616 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3012746 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3012746 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3012746 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 520 (EA) Unknown 0 0 426 (F1) Unknown 0 0 426 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1201	51.7% Above average	Read 269 Write 119 Mixed 163 40% 184 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 14.7 99% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 89.5 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 35.9 48% 84.8 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 80%
Maxtor STM3160812AS 160GB 188 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 79GB free Firmware: 3.AAJ Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 90 202231602 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5668 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 689390577 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21576 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3055 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 538443808 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 60129542176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 66 46 66794759 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	25.6% Poor	Read 47.2 Write 41.8 Mixed 53.9 36% 47.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.3 76% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3333 C16 2x16GB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 28.7 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 38.9 SC Mixed 29.1 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 105%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,880x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,376x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	808x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	737x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	599x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	228x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	549x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	374x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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