Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics93.1% 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 Drive272% 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 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160829
Uptime21.1 Days
Run DateOct 09 '17 at 08:14
Run Duration80 Seconds
Run User SWE-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (89th 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 (92nd percentile)
87.8% Excellent
Memory 94
1-Core 134
2-Core 268
92% 165 Pts
4-Core 439
8-Core 740
72% 590 Pts
64-Core 739
46% 739 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 87.8%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
93.1% Outstanding
Lighting 120
Reflection 119
Parallax 113
98% 117 fps
MRender 99.2
Gravity 104
Splatting 104
84% 103 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 93.1%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625
367GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
272% Outstanding
Read 2,290
Write 1,391
Mixed 1,450
378% 1,710 MB/s
4K Read 50.7
4K Write 170
4K Mixed 61.8
246% 94.2 MB/s
DQ Read 533
DQ Write 398
DQ Mixed 189
216% 374 MB/s
Poor: 138%
This bench: 272%
Great: 283%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
83% Excellent
MC Read 30
MC Write 31.4
MC Mixed 25.5
83% 29 GB/s
SC Read 19.6
SC Write 34.1
SC Mixed 26.5
76% 26.7 GB/s
Latency 59.7
67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 83%
Great: 107%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,678 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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