Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics84.4% 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.
MotherboardAsus Z170-A  (all builds)
Memory11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160324
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateApr 05 '19 at 08:15
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing above expectations (85th 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 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
93% Outstanding
Memory 95.9
1-Core 146
2-Core 289
98% 177 Pts
4-Core 484
8-Core 792
78% 638 Pts
64-Core 777
48% 777 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 93%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
84.4% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 110
Parallax 104
87% 107 fps
MRender 97
Gravity 96.1
Splatting 98.4
80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.4%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130
130GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MAT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 222 230 209 203 137 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Read 483
Write 473
Mixed 331
SusWrite 215
84% 376 MB/s
4K Read 42.8
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 54.9
193% 69.2 MB/s
DQ Read 375
DQ Write 345
DQ Mixed 326
254% 349 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 108%
Great: 114%
WL500GSA3254 500GB
270GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 135 139 141 139 139 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
76.1% Very good
Read 128
Write 122
Mixed 38.7
SusWrite 138
77% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.5
98% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 76.1%
Great: 76%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB
882GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 280 279 283 283 281 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
168% Outstanding
Read 303
Write 286
Mixed 114
SusWrite 281
179% 246 MB/s
4K Read 10.8
4K Write 4.5
4K Mixed 1.8
733% 5.7 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 168%
Great: 213%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
97.9% Outstanding
MC Read 35.7
MC Write 37.4
MC Mixed 30.5
99% 34.5 GB/s
SC Read 21.3
SC Write 40.4
SC Mixed 29.9
87% 30.5 GB/s
Latency 54.3
74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 97.9%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,765 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: $657
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