Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	35% 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	65.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '18 at 18:01
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	CYP-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$232 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 549 8-Core 766 83% 657 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3966) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35% Below average	Lighting 44.5 Reflection 39.8 Parallax 35.7 36% 40 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 42.2 Splatting 37.7 32% 40 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 100 100 1029 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (64) Unknown 100 100 910304 (65) Unknown 100 100 122016 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 268 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1301 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 100 167504576541 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 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 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1649 (EA) Unknown 100 100 715 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1233 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3149 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	65.7% Good	Read 453 Write 243 Mixed 255 70% 317 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 57.3 4K Mixed 10.1 86% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 5.6 54% 130 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$20 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 56GB free Firmware: KC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 2256 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6954 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 399375197 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 43060 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 789 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 336 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 54 520880154 (C2) HDA temperature 26 46 42949672986 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 27 2256 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 7215545094219 (F1) Unknown 100 253 700274869 (F2) Unknown 100 253 246430493	52.5% Above average	Read 81.8 Write 101 Mixed 91.9 69% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.62 102% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 88%
WDC WD50 00AAKS-00V1A0 500GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 217GB free, PID 0c25 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Read 35.3 Write 34.4 Mixed 17.2 35% 29 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.26 53% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 1x8GB-$25 15,542 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	43.1% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 11.3 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 13.4 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 50%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,952x
Core i5-6600KIntel $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,426x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	648x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,347x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	824x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	747x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	611x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	560x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	236x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	555x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	385x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	303x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $798

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Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363