Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics102% 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 Drive119% 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.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z170-A  (all builds)
Memory21.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJul 08 '20 at 21:38
Run Duration148 Seconds
Run User FIN-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6500-$67
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
83% Excellent
Memory 92.5
1-Core 115
2-Core 224
82% 144 Pts
4-Core 427
8-Core 415
57% 421 Pts
64-Core 422
26% 422 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 83%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing below potential (51st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
102% Outstanding
Lighting 131
Reflection 143
Parallax 122
107% 132 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 131
Splatting 106
95% 117 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 102%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$45
72GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V6005-a9 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 500 458 218 95 114 114 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
119% Outstanding
Read 706
Write 622
Mixed 530
SusWrite 250
118% 527 MB/s
4K Read 40.3
4K Write 134
4K Mixed 51.8
198% 75.2 MB/s
DQ Read 266
DQ Write 399
DQ Mixed 286
230% 317 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 119%
Great: 140%
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB
216GB free
Firmware: UF3000RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 158 151 88 91 66 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
53.2% Above average
Read 421
Write 260
Mixed 267
SusWrite 136
60% 271 MB/s
4K Read 22.8
4K Write 42.9
4K Mixed 16.6
78% 27.4 MB/s
DQ Read 115
DQ Write 90.3
DQ Mixed 40.7
47% 82 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 53.2%
Great: 56%
JetFlash Transcend 16GB
14GB free, PID 1000
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 20 17 18 21 18 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
10.9% Very poor
Read 33.5
Write 14.7
Mixed 33.9
SusWrite 18.8
33% 25.2 MB/s
4K Read 5.5
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 1.7
85% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 4%
This bench: 10.9%
Great: 33%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2666C16/8G KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2666C16/8G 24GB
2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz
4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
91.7% Outstanding
MC Read 32.9
MC Write 35.4
MC Mixed 29.9
94% 32.7 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 36.4
SC Mixed 27.6
79% 27.8 GB/s
Latency 63
64% 63 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 91.7%
Great: 92%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,717 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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