Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics78.5% 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 Drive135% 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)
Memory13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime1 Days
Run DateNov 26 '19 at 17:36
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User NLD-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (66th 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 (99th percentile)
90.4% Outstanding
Memory 93.8
1-Core 127
2-Core 252
89% 158 Pts
4-Core 503
8-Core 503
67% 503 Pts
64-Core 487
30% 487 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 90.4%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41
Performing below potential (50th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
78.5% Very good
Lighting 97
Reflection 111
Parallax 105
79% 104 fps
MRender 94.2
Gravity 89.5
Splatting 98.4
77% 94 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 78.5%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8250G 250GB
41GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S5Z42102
SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 276 130 131 162 142 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
135% Outstanding
Read 1,067
Write 606
Mixed 287
SusWrite 181
118% 535 MB/s
4K Read 51.6
4K Write 177
4K Mixed 34
216% 87.6 MB/s
DQ Read 802
DQ Write 29.4
DQ Mixed 92.6
148% 308 MB/s
Poor: 103%
This bench: 135%
Great: 236%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28
180GB free
Firmware: 03070103
SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 250 43 42 44 42 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
72.3% Very good
Read 452
Write 323
Mixed 309
SusWrite 118
67% 301 MB/s
4K Read 29
4K Write 70.7
4K Mixed 38.5
131% 46.1 MB/s
DQ Read 144
DQ Write 137
DQ Mixed 116
94% 132 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 72.3%
Great: 100%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
88% Excellent
MC Read 31.5
MC Write 33.4
MC Mixed 28.6
89% 31.2 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 34.1
SC Mixed 26.9
76% 26.8 GB/s
Latency 60.2
66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 88%
Great: 91%

 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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