Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 109%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 85%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics125% 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 Drive200% 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)
Memory13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160128
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 17 '22 at 01:20
Run Duration161 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing above expectations (81st 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 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
86.7% Excellent
Memory 88.5
1-Core 120
2-Core 245
84% 151 Pts
4-Core 490
8-Core 490
66% 490 Pts
64-Core 440
27% 440 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 86.7%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Dell(1028 120F) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 511.23
Performing below potential (55th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
125% Outstanding
Lighting 170
Reflection 188
Parallax 180
139% 179 fps
MRender 132
Gravity 176
Splatting 121
115% 143 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 125%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung MZALQ512HALU-000L2 512GB
420GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BL2QFXV7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 906 1084 401 351 342 353 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
200% Outstanding
Read 1,176
Write 1094
Mixed 1,011
SusWrite 573
216% 963 MB/s
4K Read 39.1
4K Write 155
4K Mixed 77.5
241% 90.7 MB/s
DQ Read 902
DQ Write 996
DQ Mixed 933
707% 944 MB/s
Poor: 79%
This bench: 200%
Great: 202%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50
3TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 147 149 146 148 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
88.7% Excellent
Read 176
Write 155
Mixed 93
SusWrite 133
102% 139 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 0.9
183% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 42%
This bench: 88.7%
Great: 88%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR2 16GB
2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
78.5% Very good
MC Read 28.5
MC Write 30
MC Mixed 25.2
80% 27.9 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 31
SC Mixed 24.5
68% 23.7 GB/s
Latency 69.1
58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 74%
This bench: 78.5%
Great: 81%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,690 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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CPUGPUSSD
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Intel Core i5-12600K $182Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair 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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