Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics77.2% 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 Drive39.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z170-A  (all builds)
Memory28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170125
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 07 '21 at 02:19
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User CHL-User
Background CPU 21%

 PC Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700-$167
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
89.1% Excellent
Memory 94.7
1-Core 127
2-Core 243
88% 155 Pts
4-Core 450
8-Core 702
71% 576 Pts
64-Core 699
43% 699 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 89.1%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing below potential (43rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
77.2% Very good
Lighting 95
Reflection 114
Parallax 99.9
77% 103 fps
MRender 98
Gravity 97.1
Splatting 88.1
77% 94.4 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 77.2%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 480 GB 480GB
400GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UG3600RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 4.7 106 116 162 17 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
39.1% Below average
Read 428
Write 317
Mixed 210
SusWrite 83.3
58% 260 MB/s
4K Read 17.5
4K Write 6.5
4K Mixed 18.1
53% 14 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 39.1%
Great: 57%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160
112GB free
Firmware: 60AABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 109 89 86 94 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
75.5% Very good
Read 340
Write 152
Mixed 181
SusWrite 97.1
43% 193 MB/s
4K Read 32.2
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 43.7
162% 61.4 MB/s
DQ Read 119
DQ Write 152
DQ Mixed 114
92% 128 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 75.5%
Great: 75%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
910GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 180 178 180 180 178 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
97.6% Outstanding
Read 162
Write 165
Mixed 112
SusWrite 178
113% 154 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.2
231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 97.6%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK16GX4M1B3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 32GB
3007, 3007, 3007 MHz
8192, 16384, 8192 MB
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
95.8% Outstanding
MC Read 35.8
MC Write 37.6
MC Mixed 28.1
97% 33.8 GB/s
SC Read 21.2
SC Write 40.1
SC Mixed 29
86% 30.1 GB/s
Latency 57.9
69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 95.8%
Great: 96%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,707 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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