Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics92.6% 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 Drive242% 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z170-A  (all builds)
Memory10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160624
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 05 '20 at 01:17
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 16%
Watch Gameplay: 5600-XT + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing way above expectations (89th 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 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
91.5% Outstanding
Memory 95.3
1-Core 130
2-Core 262
91% 163 Pts
4-Core 507
8-Core 506
68% 506 Pts
64-Core 500
31% 500 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 91.5%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300
Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.9.1
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
92.6% Outstanding
Lighting 113
Reflection 98.8
Parallax 160
92% 124 fps
MRender 95.6
Gravity 103
Splatting 136
94% 112 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 92.6%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLB256HAHQ-00000 256GB
189GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXD7201Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 996 351 303 302 304 304 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
242% Outstanding
Read 2114
Write 1,494
Mixed 1,138
SusWrite 427
287% 1,293 MB/s
4K Read 59.4
4K Write 143
4K Mixed 78.5
266% 93.5 MB/s
DQ Read 968
DQ Write 1,215
DQ Mixed 1,016
788% 1,067 MB/s
Poor: 119%
This bench: 242%
Great: 249%
Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 122 120 120 122 123 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
59.9% Above average
Read 86.5
Write 135
Mixed 52.3
SusWrite 121
72% 98.7 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 4.5
4K Mixed 0.7
203% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 59.9%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
91% Outstanding
MC Read 33.9
MC Write 36.5
MC Mixed 27.4
93% 32.6 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 31.2
SC Mixed 26.3
73% 25.6 GB/s
Latency 56.1
71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 91%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,705 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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Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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