Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics81.3% 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 Drive246% 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)
Memory13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 14 '20 at 01:14
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
93.8% Outstanding
Memory 96.4
1-Core 139
2-Core 279
95% 171 Pts
4-Core 522
8-Core 554
71% 538 Pts
64-Core 555
34% 555 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 93.8%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.92
Performing below potential (66th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
81.3% Excellent
Lighting 99.4
Reflection 113
Parallax 105
81% 106 fps
MRender 98.6
Gravity 97.9
Splatting 102
82% 99.6 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 81.3%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 1TB
169GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 936 894 982 996 997 MB/s
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
246% Outstanding
Read 1,294
Write 1,661
Mixed 1,498
SusWrite 881
301% 1,333 MB/s
4K Read 48.5
4K Write 209
4K Mixed 85.2
293% 114 MB/s
DQ Read 1,197
DQ Write 1,018
DQ Mixed 1,325
933% 1,180 MB/s
Poor: 145%
This bench: 246%
Great: 310%
Kingdian S400 120GB
112GB free
Firmware: R0809B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 209 311 431 434 434 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 512
Write 409
Mixed 401
SusWrite 324
92% 412 MB/s
4K Read 36.7
4K Write 131
4K Mixed 33.9
168% 67.2 MB/s
DQ Read 253
DQ Write 311
DQ Mixed 46.1
100% 204 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 103%
Great: 97%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49
466GB free
Firmware: 0002SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 100 102 102 104 102 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
57.6% Above average
Read 103
Write 103
Mixed 56
SusWrite 98.1
66% 90 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.6
105% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 57.6%
Great: 58%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
97.6% Outstanding
MC Read 36.5
MC Write 38.3
MC Mixed 28.7
99% 34.5 GB/s
SC Read 21.5
SC Write 36.9
SC Mixed 30.8
85% 29.7 GB/s
Latency 52.7
76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 97.6%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,690 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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