Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics87% 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 Drive260% 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.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z170-A  (all builds)
Memory13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170113
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 19 '17 at 16:44
Run Duration247 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 21%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing way above expectations (86th 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 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
95.7% Outstanding
Memory 94.3
1-Core 146
2-Core 286
97% 175 Pts
4-Core 522
8-Core 812
82% 667 Pts
64-Core 818
51% 818 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 95.7%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
87% Excellent
Lighting 110
Reflection 113
Parallax 99.2
90% 107 fps
MRender 97.3
Gravity 100
Splatting 102
82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 87%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
177GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
260% Outstanding
Read 2,749
Write 1,229
Mixed 1,486
400% 1,821 MB/s
4K Read 62.9
4K Write 174
4K Mixed 27.3
223% 88.2 MB/s
DQ Read 63.8
DQ Write 470
DQ Mixed 237
192% 257 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 260%
Great: 236%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48
2TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 200
Mixed 184
143% 189 MB/s
4K Read 0.95
4K Write 2.68
4K Mixed 0.39
133% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 110%
Great: 112%
hp v165w 4GB
4GB free, PID 5307
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
6.73% Terrible
Read 22.8
Write 5.86
Mixed 9.29
13% 12.6 MB/s
4K Read 8.99
4K Write 0.009
4K Mixed 0.009
34% 3 MB/s
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.73%
Great: 8%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz
Performing below potential (36th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74.6% Very good
MC Read 28.1
MC Write 28.5
MC Mixed 21
74% 25.9 GB/s
SC Read 18.7
SC Write 28.8
SC Mixed 23.1
67% 23.5 GB/s
Latency 59
68% 59 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 74.6%
Great: 105%

 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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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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