Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 84%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 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.
Graphics105% 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 Drive134% 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.
Very high background CPU (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z170-A  (all builds)
Memory28 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160624
Uptime3.9 Days
Run DateFeb 28 '19 at 01:56
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 79%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (94th 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 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
87.8% Excellent
Memory 95.9
1-Core 129
2-Core 248
89% 158 Pts
4-Core 430
8-Core 758
72% 594 Pts
64-Core 688
43% 688 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 87.8%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
105% Outstanding
Lighting 138
Reflection 145
Parallax 135
112% 139 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 135
Splatting 108
96% 119 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 105%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
390GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 450 462 477 486 490 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
134% Outstanding
Read 496
Write 489
Mixed 377
SusWrite 458
102% 455 MB/s
4K Read 46.8
4K Write 133
4K Mixed 65.7
226% 81.8 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 343
DQ Mixed 360
271% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 134%
Great: 134%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 958GB
381GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 449 462 188 318 323 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 518
Write 500
Mixed 387
SusWrite 354
99% 440 MB/s
4K Read 34.8
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 46.1
173% 65.3 MB/s
DQ Read 352
DQ Write 329
DQ Mixed 207
192% 296 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 110%
Great: 104%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 206 208 207 212 212 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
122% Outstanding
Read 215
Write 150
Mixed 87.2
SusWrite 210
121% 165 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 122%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2D3000C16 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
104% Outstanding
MC Read 37.7
MC Write 40.2
MC Mixed 33.3
106% 37.1 GB/s
SC Read 22
SC Write 43.1
SC Mixed 30.3
91% 31.8 GB/s
Latency 54.3
74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 104%
Great: 103%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,690 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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