Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 110%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 92%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive249% 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.
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)
Memory12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 06 '20 at 03:43
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700-$167
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
94.8% Outstanding
Memory 95.7
1-Core 132
2-Core 258
91% 162 Pts
4-Core 509
8-Core 707
77% 608 Pts
64-Core 701
43% 701 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 94.8%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.2
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
112% Outstanding
Lighting 140
Reflection 117
Parallax 256
114% 171 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 136
Splatting 163
116% 138 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 112%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Mushkin Pilot NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$60
173GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 852 888 891 891 891 893 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
249% Outstanding
Read 1,652
Write 883
Mixed 880
SusWrite 884
239% 1,075 MB/s
4K Read 63.7
4K Write 182
4K Mixed 86.2
304% 111 MB/s
DQ Read 703
DQ Write 887
DQ Mixed 548
482% 713 MB/s
Poor: 118%
This bench: 249%
Great: 254%
Adata Premier SP550 960GB-$109
380GB free
Firmware: O1126A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 445 254 73 93 79 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
95.7% Outstanding
Read 418
Write 421
Mixed 322
SusWrite 231
78% 348 MB/s
4K Read 29.5
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 45.9
165% 64 MB/s
DQ Read 307
DQ Write 313
DQ Mixed 239
199% 286 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 95.7%
Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27
652GB free
Firmware: CC61
SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 205 207 208 206 208 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
117% Outstanding
Read 201
Write 160
Mixed 81.8
SusWrite 206
118% 162 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 117%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
98.8% Outstanding
MC Read 36.1
MC Write 37.7
MC Mixed 31.3
100% 35 GB/s
SC Read 21.4
SC Write 39.9
SC Mixed 29.4
86% 30.2 GB/s
Latency 54.9
73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 98.8%
Great: 89%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,763 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $657
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