Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 50%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 43%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive69.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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)
Memory10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160324
Uptime1.2 Days
Run DateOct 12 '18 at 07:39
Run Duration154 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
77.4% Very good
Memory 87.3
1-Core 108
2-Core 196
76% 130 Pts
4-Core 364
8-Core 598
59% 481 Pts
64-Core 605
37% 605 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 77.4%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500
Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.24
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
62.5% Good
Lighting 79.3
Reflection 81.4
Parallax 79.2
65% 80 fps
MRender 79.3
Gravity 73
Splatting 65.1
59% 72.5 fps
Poor: 53%
This bench: 62.5%
Great: 66%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42
25GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z22000RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 198 195 200 202 194 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
69.7% Good
Read 472
Write 189
Mixed 182
SusWrite 197
57% 260 MB/s
4K Read 27.9
4K Write 91.6
4K Mixed 13
107% 44.2 MB/s
DQ Read 163
DQ Write 206
DQ Mixed 78.7
89% 149 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 69.7%
Great: 78%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31
65GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 47 52 65 60 61 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
24.7% Poor
Read 33
Write 40.5
Mixed 20.5
SusWrite 52.8
27% 36.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.4
75% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 24.7%
Great: 109%
Seagate Backup+ BK 1TB
672GB free
Firmware: 0412
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 41 42 42 41 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
22.8% Poor
Read 37.8
Write 41.3
Mixed 31.5
SusWrite 41.1
28% 37.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
160% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 22.8%
Great: 58%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMV8GX4M1A2133C15 Patriot 3200 C16 Series Patriot 3200 C16 Series 16GB
2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 4096, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
47.5% Average
MC Read 17.3
MC Write 17.1
MC Mixed 14.5
47% 16.3 GB/s
SC Read 11.9
SC Write 14.7
SC Mixed 14.4
39% 13.7 GB/s
Latency 70.2
57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 48%
This bench: 47.5%
Great: 49%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,735 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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