Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics90% 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 Drive63.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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)
Memory8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime8.5 Days
Run DateAug 31 '20 at 20:18
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU 21%
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 PC Performing as expected (53rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600-$135
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
74.3% Very good
Memory 79
1-Core 102
2-Core 184
70% 122 Pts
4-Core 407
8-Core 379
53% 393 Pts
64-Core 400
25% 400 Pts
Poor: 47%
This bench: 74.3%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$296
CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06
Performing below potential (53rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
90% Outstanding
Lighting 115
Reflection 113
Parallax 104
93% 110 fps
MRender 135
Gravity 100
Splatting 81.4
84% 105 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 90%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Inte SSDSC2CT180A3 180GB
59GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 300i
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 101 101 109 108 113 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
63.1% Good
Read 296
Write 158
Mixed 212
SusWrite 107
43% 193 MB/s
4K Read 22
4K Write 82.2
4K Mixed 31.1
117% 45.1 MB/s
DQ Read 214
DQ Write 182
DQ Mixed 169
134% 188 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 63.1%
Great: 81%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150
116GB free
Firmware: M0CR031
SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 397 344 239 241 232 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
89.5% Excellent
Read 400
Write 434
Mixed 351
SusWrite 303
84% 372 MB/s
4K Read 23.8
4K Write 92.7
4K Mixed 36.1
131% 50.9 MB/s
DQ Read 350
DQ Write 300
DQ Mixed 323
243% 324 MB/s
Poor: 65%
This bench: 89.5%
Great: 99%
Samsun HD103UJ 1TB
462GB free
Firmware: 1AA01113
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 98 94 91 92 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
56% Above average
Read 99.7
Write 116
Mixed 59
SusWrite 95.1
68% 92.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1.1
194% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 56%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (12th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
66.2% Good
MC Read 23.6
MC Write 22.6
MC Mixed 24.1
67% 23.4 GB/s
SC Read 13.9
SC Write 26.9
SC Mixed 20.4
58% 20.4 GB/s
Latency 82.5
48% 82.5 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 66.2%
Great: 99%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,751 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: $657
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