Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.45% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive124% 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 (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z170-A  (all builds)
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170515
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 14 '17 at 20:58
Run Duration113 Seconds
Run User ITA-User
Background CPU 26%

 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
74.4% Very good
Memory 79
1-Core 103
2-Core 204
73% 129 Pts
4-Core 377
8-Core 569
59% 473 Pts
64-Core 634
39% 634 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 74.4%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)
Asus(1043 8694) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4749
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
6.45% Terrible
Lighting 6.77
Reflection 9.54
Parallax 6.16
6% 7.49 fps
MRender 10.5
Gravity 5.83
Splatting 13
8% 9.76 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.45%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250
136GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
124% Outstanding
Read 1,029
Write 648
Mixed 831
185% 836 MB/s
4K Read 26.6
4K Write 55.8
4K Mixed 25.3
102% 35.9 MB/s
DQ Read 397
DQ Write 146
DQ Mixed 156
146% 233 MB/s
Poor: 131%
This bench: 124%
Great: 243%
WD Green 5TB (2014)-$170
2TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
74.8% Very good
Read 131
Write 129
Mixed 126
97% 129 MB/s
4K Read 0.92
4K Write 2.74
4K Mixed 0.26
117% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 74.8%
Great: 97%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
84.6% Excellent
MC Read 32.1
MC Write 34.4
MC Mixed 27.6
90% 31.4 GB/s
SC Read 15.4
SC Write 29.4
SC Mixed 20.1
62% 21.6 GB/s
Latency 82.4
48% 82.4 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 84.6%
Great: 104%

 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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