Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics81.6% 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 Drive111% 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 (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z170-A  (all builds)
Memory9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160624
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateNov 28 '18 at 04:35
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 23%
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 PC Performing above expectations (75th 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 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
86.4% Excellent
Memory 95.6
1-Core 124
2-Core 227
86% 149 Pts
4-Core 416
8-Core 656
66% 536 Pts
64-Core 675
42% 675 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 86.4%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing below potential (73rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
81.6% Excellent
Lighting 102
Reflection 106
Parallax 89.5
83% 99.3 fps
MRender 92.1
Gravity 95.4
Splatting 97
78% 94.8 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 81.6%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94
122GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 297 211 183 164 152 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 494
Write 475
Mixed 389
SusWrite 243
90% 400 MB/s
4K Read 42.4
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 58.1
195% 68.8 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 343
DQ Mixed 360
271% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 111%
Great: 134%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB
870GB free, PID 25e1
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 115 113 114 113 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
66.6% Good
Read 126
Write 116
Mixed 85
SusWrite 114
147% 110 MB/s
4K Read 2.1
4K Write 7.5
4K Mixed 0.6
283% 3.4 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 66.6%
Great: 65%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
94.6% Outstanding
MC Read 34.7
MC Write 36.4
MC Mixed 30.1
96% 33.7 GB/s
SC Read 19.4
SC Write 35.9
SC Mixed 27.4
79% 27.6 GB/s
Latency 55.4
72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 94.6%
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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Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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