Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive75.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.
MotherboardAsus Z170-A  (all builds)
Memory13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151022
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateOct 17 '18 at 20:15
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing above expectations (64th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
89.5% Excellent
Memory 93.1
1-Core 125
2-Core 254
88% 157 Pts
4-Core 495
8-Core 506
67% 500 Pts
64-Core 501
31% 501 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 89.5%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34
Performing below potential (61st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
103% Outstanding
Lighting 134
Reflection 148
Parallax 126
109% 136 fps
MRender 112
Gravity 130
Splatting 101
93% 115 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 103%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25
81GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS900211
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 171 227 230 231 232 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
75.8% Very good
Read 418
Write 355
Mixed 324
SusWrite 208
73% 326 MB/s
4K Read 26.6
4K Write 83.7
4K Mixed 24.6
116% 45 MB/s
DQ Read 198
DQ Write 329
DQ Mixed 158
150% 229 MB/s
Poor: 42%
This bench: 75.8%
Great: 87%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB
41GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 173 178 115 73 70 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
39.2% Below average
Read 439
Write 180
Mixed 242
SusWrite 131
55% 248 MB/s
4K Read 28.1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 4.3
49% 11.6 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 39.2%
Great: 97%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB
2TB free
Firmware: JKAOA3EA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 122 122 122 121 123 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
71.1% Very good
Read 126
Write 130
Mixed 62.3
SusWrite 122
80% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.9
161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 71.1%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Patriot 2400 C15 Series 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
72.3% Very good
MC Read 26.7
MC Write 28.3
MC Mixed 21.7
73% 25.6 GB/s
SC Read 15.6
SC Write 25.3
SC Mixed 21
59% 20.6 GB/s
Latency 61.8
65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 72.3%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,765 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: $657
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