Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics98% 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 Drive261% 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)
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit barev
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170629
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 22 '23 at 11:57
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User CZE-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing above expectations (74th 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 (99th percentile)
85.4% Excellent
Memory 94.4
1-Core 118
2-Core 239
85% 150 Pts
4-Core 415
8-Core 578
62% 496 Pts
64-Core 619
38% 619 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 85.4%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.79
Performing below potential (23rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
98% Outstanding
Lighting 121
Reflection 134
Parallax 120
99% 125 fps
MRender 112
Gravity 127
Splatting 116
97% 118 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 98%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Micron 2300 NVMe 256GB
204GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 23000020 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1068 1308 1452 1005 281 235 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
261% Outstanding
Read 2,493
Write 1,494
Mixed 1256
SusWrite 891
340% 1,533 MB/s
4K Read 50.7
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 65.7
214% 72.5 MB/s
DQ Read 808
DQ Write 991
DQ Mixed 958
706% 919 MB/s
Poor: 112%
This bench: 261%
Great: 261%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45
2TB free
Firmware: 1002
SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 212 209 214 211 211 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
101% Outstanding
MC Read 37
MC Write 39.4
MC Mixed 31.8
103% 36.1 GB/s
SC Read 21.1
SC Write 41.3
SC Mixed 28.7
87% 30.4 GB/s
Latency 58.7
68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 101%
Great: 115%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,730 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: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $649
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