Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics111% 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.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z170-A  (all builds)
Memory9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171227
Uptime1.8 Days
Run DateJun 15 '21 at 13:08
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User ISR-User
Background CPU 14%
Watch Gameplay: 2070S + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (46th 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 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
80.7% Excellent
Memory 84.6
1-Core 133
2-Core 250
87% 156 Pts
4-Core 422
8-Core 550
62% 486 Pts
64-Core 651
40% 651 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 80.7%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210
CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72
Performing below potential (22nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
111% Outstanding
Lighting 143
Reflection 143
Parallax 142
117% 143 fps
MRender 168
Gravity 128
Splatting 108
107% 135 fps
Poor: 105%
This bench: 111%
Great: 123%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196
86GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 12.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 350 349 311 445 373 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 260
Write 15.4
SusWrite 340
46% 205 MB/s
4K Read 51.4
4K Write 90.4
4K Mixed 38.8
175% 60.2 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 306
DQ Mixed 86.9
134% 257 MB/s
Poor: 47% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 183 185 185 183 185 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
107% Outstanding
Read 190
Write 151
Mixed 86.2
SusWrite 184
112% 153 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 107%
Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 2TB
2TB free
Firmware: 0A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 138 141 142 140 143 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive
Read 147
Write 129
Mixed 96.6
SusWrite 140
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1
195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (29th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
69.3% Good
MC Read 25.7
MC Write 26.8
MC Mixed 21.7
71% 24.7 GB/s
SC Read 15.7
SC Write 23.4
SC Mixed 20.3
57% 19.8 GB/s
Latency 72.4
55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 69.3%
Great: 81%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,689 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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