Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 150%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 102%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 129%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics160% 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 Drive291% 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.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)
MotherboardAsus Z170-A  (all builds)
Memory13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 14 '18 at 23:56
Run Duration207 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (71st 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 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
94.7% Outstanding
Memory 93.9
1-Core 148
2-Core 300
99% 181 Pts
4-Core 514
8-Core 782
80% 648 Pts
64-Core 776
48% 776 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 94.7%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441
Nvidia(10DE 12A4) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.94
Performing below potential (63rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
160% Outstanding
Lighting 221
Reflection 241
Parallax 247
180% 236 fps
MRender 261
Gravity 219
Splatting 143
163% 208 fps
Poor: 128%
This bench: 160%
Great: 174%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
245GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 900 660 664 663 665 658 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
291% Outstanding
Read 2,561
Write 2,370
Mixed 1540
SusWrite 702
400% 1,793 MB/s
4K Read 66.3
4K Write 170
4K Mixed 91
307% 109 MB/s
DQ Read 1,193
DQ Write 1,062
DQ Mixed 1,109
837% 1,121 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 291%
Great: 340%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80
2TB free
Firmware: MX6OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 174 169 173 175 173 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
98.2% Outstanding
Read 171
Write 180
Mixed 29
SusWrite 171
99% 138 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
177% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 98.2%
Great: 107%
Generic Flash Disk 32GB
29GB free, PID 6387
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 7.2 7.2 7.2 5.9 6.9 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete
Read 20
Write 5.3
Mixed 7.2
SusWrite 6.7
11% 9.8 MB/s
4K Read 5.5
4K Mixed 0
31% 2.75 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 21%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
80.4% Excellent
MC Read 29.5
MC Write 30.3
MC Mixed 24.8
81% 28.2 GB/s
SC Read 19.7
SC Write 30.4
SC Mixed 24.8
71% 25 GB/s
Latency 60.1
67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 80.4%
Great: 105%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming
Gaming 69%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 58%
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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $660
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