Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics81.4% 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 Drive108% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z170-A  (all builds)
Memory7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160919
Uptime2.1 Days
Run DateDec 03 '16 at 01:41
Run Duration236 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 29%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (53rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
83.8% Excellent
Memory 89.7
1-Core 125
2-Core 226
84% 147 Pts
4-Core 420
8-Core 667
67% 543 Pts
64-Core 681
42% 681 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 83.8%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.9
Performing below potential (66th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
81.4% Excellent
Lighting 100
Reflection 115
Parallax 97.2
82% 104 fps
MRender 94.4
Gravity 96.7
Splatting 102
80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 81.4%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94
406GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Read 506
Write 395
Mixed 412
97% 438 MB/s
4K Read 44.1
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 42.6
176% 63.1 MB/s
DQ Read 201
DQ Write 271
DQ Mixed 26.8
79% 166 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 108%
Great: 134%
Generic USB Flash Disk 0GB
0GB free, PID 0042
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
4.96% Terrible
Read 10.8
Write 6.49
Mixed 7.55
10% 8.29 MB/s
4K Read 6.37
4K Write 0.15
4K Mixed 0.15
34% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 2%
This bench: 4.96%
Great: 5%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
62.9% Good
MC Read 23.1
MC Write 22.4
MC Mixed 19.6
62% 21.7 GB/s
SC Read 16.3
SC Write 24
SC Mixed 20.1
58% 20.1 GB/s
Latency 67.7
59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 62.9%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,779 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $660
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