Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics71.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive148% 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 (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardAsus Z170-A  (all builds)
Memory12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151109
Uptime5.1 Days
Run DateApr 18 '17 at 15:59
Run Duration116 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 42%
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 PC Performing as expected (48th 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 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
91.2% Outstanding
Memory 92.8
1-Core 145
2-Core 287
96% 175 Pts
4-Core 482
8-Core 751
76% 616 Pts
64-Core 752
46% 752 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 91.2%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
71.9% Very good
Lighting 84.8
Reflection 105
Parallax 86.7
69% 92.1 fps
MRender 105
Gravity 81.9
Splatting 96.7
78% 94.5 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 71.9%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
148% Outstanding
Read 990
Write 944
Mixed 984
217% 973 MB/s
4K Read 38.7
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 31.7
158% 60.6 MB/s
DQ Read 41.1
DQ Write 118
DQ Mixed 30.2
37% 63.2 MB/s
Poor: 113%
This bench: 148%
Great: 541%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178
3TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
87.4% Excellent
Read 161
Write 144
Mixed 145
113% 150 MB/s
4K Read 0.84
4K Write 2.93
4K Mixed 0.25
117% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 87.4%
Great: 98%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
70.9% Very good
MC Read 23.9
MC Write 27.7
MC Mixed 23.8
72% 25.1 GB/s
SC Read 15.6
SC Write 24.3
SC Mixed 19.8
57% 19.9 GB/s
Latency 62.5
64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 70.9%
Great: 115%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,704 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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