Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics106% 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 Drive30.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.
High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z170-A  (all builds)
Memory26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit cores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161129
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 14 '20 at 20:23
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User BRA-User
Background CPU 29%
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 PC Performing as expected (60th 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 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
84.5% Excellent
Memory 86.4
1-Core 140
2-Core 266
91% 164 Pts
4-Core 444
8-Core 776
74% 610 Pts
64-Core 752
46% 752 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 84.5%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
106% Outstanding
Lighting 139
Reflection 149
Parallax 140
113% 142 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 133
Splatting 105
95% 117 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 106%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28
54GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFKB1D1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 139 16 20 132 15 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
30.2% Below average
Read 287
Write 97.6
Mixed 84.2
SusWrite 88.1
30% 139 MB/s
4K Read 13.6
4K Write 18.4
4K Mixed 9.3
42% 13.8 MB/s
DQ Read 14.9
DQ Write 16
DQ Mixed 14.8
11% 15.2 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 30.2%
Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
935GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 170 170 168 171 171 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
101% Outstanding
Read 182
Write 116
Mixed 80.2
SusWrite 169
100% 137 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 101%
Great: 114%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30
930GB free
Firmware: ST6OA39D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 105 109 108 106 108 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
62.4% Good
Read 110
Write 115
Mixed 57
SusWrite 107
71% 97.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 62.4%
Great: 61%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2197 MHz
Performing below potential (31st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
75.4% Very good
MC Read 26.4
MC Write 28.7
MC Mixed 23.8
75% 26.3 GB/s
SC Read 19.1
SC Write 30.8
SC Mixed 25.2
72% 25 GB/s
Latency 70.9
56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 75.4%
Great: 113%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,707 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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