Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 102%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics97.1% 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 Drive172% 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)
Memory11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime1 Days
Run DateJan 16 '21 at 19:05
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
97.6% Outstanding
Memory 95.8
1-Core 145
2-Core 291
98% 177 Pts
4-Core 573
8-Core 577
77% 575 Pts
64-Core 554
34% 554 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 97.6%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
97.1% Outstanding
Lighting 121
Reflection 140
Parallax 120
99% 127 fps
MRender 140
Gravity 107
Splatting 104
94% 117 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 97.1%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Viper M.2 VPN100 1TB
837GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM22.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 587 723 877 920 912 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
172% Outstanding
Read 1,072
Write 1,942
Mixed 1,280
SusWrite 732
285% 1,256 MB/s
4K Read 50.9
4K Write 72.5
4K Mixed 57.4
189% 60.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,024
DQ Write 122
DQ Mixed 238
259% 461 MB/s
Poor: 156%
This bench: 172%
Great: 287%
Adata XPG SX8000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$100
73GB free
Firmware: C2.1.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 180 216 230 227 221 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
92.9% Outstanding
Read 771
Write 253
Mixed 311
SusWrite 199
84% 384 MB/s
4K Read 33.8
4K Write 54.7
4K Mixed 39.4
131% 42.6 MB/s
DQ Read 335
DQ Write 76.9
DQ Mixed 147
123% 186 MB/s
Poor: 95%
This bench: 92.9%
Great: 181%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60
2.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 119 137 139 142 138 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
78.1% Very good
Read 147
Write 128
Mixed 83.7
SusWrite 125
89% 121 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 78.1%
Great: 83%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
111% Outstanding
MC Read 39.4
MC Write 43.6
MC Mixed 36.2
114% 39.7 GB/s
SC Read 23.6
SC Write 44.9
SC Mixed 33.2
97% 33.9 GB/s
Latency 54.7
73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 111%
Great: 111%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,712 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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HDDRAMUSB
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