Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics108% 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 Drive37.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160624
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 22 '20 at 13:38
Run Duration133 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing as expected (52nd 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 (57th percentile)
81.7% Excellent
Memory 84
1-Core 133
2-Core 250
87% 156 Pts
4-Core 427
8-Core 683
68% 555 Pts
64-Core 683
42% 683 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 81.7%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.2
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 132
Reflection 117
Parallax 246
108% 165 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 130
Splatting 159
113% 135 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 108%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SUV300S37A120G 120GB
24GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM11.K
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 52 56 50 53 MB/s
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
37.7% Below average
Read 35.8
Write 37.8
Mixed 73.7
SusWrite 49.8
11% 49.3 MB/s
4K Read 22.2
4K Write 58
4K Mixed 15.3
84% 31.8 MB/s
DQ Read 274
DQ Write 113
DQ Mixed 84.2
91% 157 MB/s
Poor: 45%
This bench: 37.7%
Great: 83%
OCZ ARC 100 480GB-$70
92GB free
Firmware: 1.01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 385 421 399 398 412 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
101% Outstanding
Read 378
Write 430
Mixed 305
SusWrite 408
86% 380 MB/s
4K Read 28.3
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 37.8
155% 62 MB/s
DQ Read 300
DQ Write 322
DQ Mixed 220
191% 281 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 101%
Great: 101%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
37.9% Below average
MC Read 13
MC Write 13
MC Mixed 11.1
35% 12.4 GB/s
SC Read 11.7
SC Write 12.8
SC Mixed 12.8
36% 12.4 GB/s
Latency 73.4
54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 37.9%
Great: 105%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,688 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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