Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics6.67% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.
MotherboardAsus Z170-A  (all builds)
Memory12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170629
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateApr 08 '20 at 03:41
Run Duration147 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (85th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7500-$89
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
85.2% Excellent
Memory 89.7
1-Core 120
2-Core 238
84% 149 Pts
4-Core 466
8-Core 469
62% 467 Pts
64-Core 460
28% 460 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 85.2%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
Asus(1043 8694) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7755
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
6.67% Terrible
Lighting 7.5
Reflection 10.6
Parallax 7.44
6% 8.5 fps
MRender 11.7
Gravity 0.1
Splatting 14.8
8% 8.87 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.67%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141
169GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0C4005T2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 658 641 742 655 584 738 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
146% Outstanding
Read 1,187
Write 744
Mixed 508
SusWrite 670
173% 777 MB/s
4K Read 37.8
4K Write 92.4
4K Mixed 31.3
146% 53.8 MB/s
DQ Read 356
DQ Write 272
DQ Mixed 105
135% 244 MB/s
Poor: 84%
This bench: 146%
Great: 159%
Kingston SSDNow KC300 120GB-$80
112GB free
Firmware: 5T1ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 201 203 204 204 203 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
86% Excellent
Read 388
Write 253
Mixed 252
SusWrite 203
61% 274 MB/s
4K Read 35.9
4K Write 96.5
4K Mixed 41.3
158% 57.9 MB/s
DQ Read 216
DQ Write 213
DQ Mixed 143
127% 191 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 86%
Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31
761GB free
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 174 173 172 173 175 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Read 204
Write 180
Mixed 104
SusWrite 173
121% 166 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.2
232% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 108%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
77.8% Very good
MC Read 27.8
MC Write 29.5
MC Mixed 25.5
79% 27.6 GB/s
SC Read 16.8
SC Write 29.8
SC Mixed 23.5
67% 23.4 GB/s
Latency 67.6
59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 77.8%
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 8,743 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: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $660
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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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