Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics89.5% 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 Drive106% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z170-A  (all builds)
Memory27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJan 15 '19 at 22:16
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing above expectations (70th 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 as expected (42nd percentile)
80% Excellent
Memory 91.5
1-Core 134
2-Core 261
90% 162 Pts
4-Core 369
8-Core 726
65% 548 Pts
64-Core 723
45% 723 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 80%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
89.5% Excellent
Lighting 113
Reflection 117
Parallax 97.7
92% 109 fps
MRender 97.9
Gravity 104
Splatting 105
84% 103 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 89.5%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55
195GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MAT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 199 204 208 191 174 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 491
Write 472
Mixed 306
SusWrite 212
83% 370 MB/s
4K Read 40.8
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 50.4
186% 67.7 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 337
DQ Mixed 316
249% 345 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 106%
Great: 114%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250
349GB free
Firmware: 608ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 221 223 202 213 212 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
63.8% Good
Read 398
Write 330
Mixed 326
SusWrite 218
71% 318 MB/s
4K Read 28.4
4K Write 23
4K Mixed 26.5
89% 26 MB/s
DQ Read 220
DQ Write 85.7
DQ Mixed 95.8
86% 134 MB/s
Poor: 36%
This bench: 63.8%
Great: 65%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33
236GB free
Firmware: 01.03B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 74 75 75 77 76 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
52.3% Above average
Read 107
Write 111
Mixed 69.7
SusWrite 75.3
67% 90.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 52.3%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX2666C15D4/8G KHX2133C14/8G KHX2666C15D4/8G KHX2133C14/8G 32GB
2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
74.3% Very good
MC Read 26.6
MC Write 28.3
MC Mixed 23.5
75% 26.1 GB/s
SC Read 17
SC Write 28.9
SC Mixed 22.1
65% 22.7 GB/s
Latency 65
62% 65 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 74.3%
Great: 97%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,704 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: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $655
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