Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 63%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics92% 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 Drive235% 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.
Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z170-A  (all builds)
Memory10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160919
Uptime5 Days
Run DateDec 30 '16 at 19:39
Run Duration164 Seconds
Run User SWE-User
Background CPU 49%
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 PC Performing as expected (47th 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 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
81.4% Excellent
Memory 90.4
1-Core 110
2-Core 230
81% 143 Pts
4-Core 395
8-Core 540
59% 468 Pts
64-Core 621
38% 621 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 81.4%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
92% Outstanding
Lighting 118
Reflection 129
Parallax 108
96% 118 fps
MRender 100
Gravity 114
Splatting 97.1
84% 104 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 92%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625
290GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
235% Outstanding
Read 1,869
Write 1,248
Mixed 1,440
337% 1,519 MB/s
4K Read 46.3
4K Write 164
4K Mixed 46.8
217% 85.5 MB/s
DQ Read 495
DQ Write 381
DQ Mixed 205
216% 360 MB/s
Poor: 138%
This bench: 235%
Great: 283%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83
905GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
82.2% Excellent
Read 138
Write 148
Mixed 131
105% 139 MB/s
4K Read 0.86
4K Write 2.82
4K Mixed 0.6
154% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 82.2%
Great: 75%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139
46GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
49.7% Average
Read 101
Write 72.6
Mixed 85.9
65% 86.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.38
4K Write 1.71
4K Mixed 0.23
74% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 49.7%
Great: 59%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
47.4% Average
MC Read 17.2
MC Write 17.4
MC Mixed 14.9
47% 16.5 GB/s
SC Read 9.7
SC Write 15.6
SC Mixed 10.8
34% 12 GB/s
Latency 66.7
60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 47.4%
Great: 103%

 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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