Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics78% 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 Drive268% 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.
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.
MotherboardAsus Z170-A  (all builds)
Memory28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160128
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 22 '18 at 01:05
Run Duration136 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st 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 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
94.4% Outstanding
Memory 92.3
1-Core 134
2-Core 269
92% 165 Pts
4-Core 519
8-Core 750
79% 635 Pts
64-Core 752
46% 752 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 94.4%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
EVGA(3842 4991) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing below potential (49th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
78% Very good
Lighting 100
Reflection 105
Parallax 104
82% 103 fps
MRender 88
Gravity 91.8
Splatting 81.1
71% 87 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 78%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 1.2TB-$1,000
434GB free
Firmware: 8EV101H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
265% Outstanding
Read 2,319
Write 1,289
Mixed 1,582
382% 1,730 MB/s
4K Read 39.3
4K Write 211
4K Mixed 51.9
238% 101 MB/s
DQ Read 544
DQ Write 476
DQ Mixed 223
246% 415 MB/s
Poor: 124%
This bench: 265%
Great: 250%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139
317GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
268% Outstanding
Read 2,122
Write 1,867
Mixed 1,637
417% 1,875 MB/s
4K Read 51.6
4K Write 161
4K Mixed 40
215% 84.3 MB/s
DQ Read 53.7
DQ Write 190
DQ Mixed 209
135% 151 MB/s
Poor: 159%
This bench: 268%
Great: 353%
WD Elements 25A1 4TB
2TB free, PID 25a1
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
38.2% Below average
Read 112
Write 87.9
Mixed 32.8
89% 77.7 MB/s
4K Read 1.26
4K Write 0.81
4K Mixed 0.1
36% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 38.2%
Great: 61%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G1A1 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
77.2% Very good
MC Read 28.1
MC Write 29
MC Mixed 23.8
77% 27 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 30.9
SC Mixed 24.2
70% 24.6 GB/s
Latency 63.5
63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 77.2%
Great: 77%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,688 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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HDDRAMUSB
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