Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 57%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 45%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics63.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive146% 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 (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z170-A  (all builds)
Memory10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateMay 20 '19 at 20:58
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User DOM-User
Background CPU 21%

 PC Performing as expected (55th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
85.6% Excellent
Memory 87.6
1-Core 125
2-Core 213
82% 142 Pts
4-Core 482
8-Core 488
65% 485 Pts
64-Core 446
28% 446 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 85.6%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500
Asus(1043 850A) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.64
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
63.3% Good
Lighting 79.5
Reflection 85.3
Parallax 75.8
65% 80.2 fps
MRender 81
Gravity 74.5
Splatting 68.4
60% 74.6 fps
Poor: 53%
This bench: 63.3%
Great: 66%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$175
335GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E8FK11.R Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 546 491 502 510 516 517 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
146% Outstanding
Read 773
Write 930
Mixed 793
SusWrite 514
170% 752 MB/s
4K Read 31.8
4K Write 95.4
4K Mixed 42.7
153% 56.6 MB/s
DQ Read 914
DQ Write 714
DQ Mixed 806
605% 811 MB/s
Poor: 98%
This bench: 146%
Great: 162%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70
445GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 73 62 68 64 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
40.5% Average
Read 72.5
Write 67.7
Mixed 63.8
SusWrite 68.2
50% 68.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 40.5%
Great: 67%
WD Re 2TB-$54
534GB free
Firmware: 01.01D02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 95 94 95 96 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
54.6% Above average
Read 95
Write 95.5
Mixed 72.3
SusWrite 94.4
66% 89.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1
215% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 42%
This bench: 54.6%
Great: 83%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMV8GX4M1A2133C15 G.SKILL F4-2133C15-8GNT 16GB
2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (37th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
60% Above average
MC Read 22.2
MC Write 21.7
MC Mixed 19.3
60% 21.1 GB/s
SC Read 13.9
SC Write 20.5
SC Mixed 17.5
49% 17.3 GB/s
Latency 69.9
57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 60%
Great: 69%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,705 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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