Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 119%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 97%
Nuclear submarine
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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics156% 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.
Boot Drive216% 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.
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 VersionWindows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.
MotherboardAsus Z170-A  (all builds)
Memory26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 11
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateMar 30 '23 at 22:44
Run Duration153 Seconds
Run User PAK-User
Background CPU8%

 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 i7-6700-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
76.3% Very good
Memory 82.6
1-Core 74.9
2-Core 216
69% 125 Pts
4-Core 386
8-Core 501
57% 444 Pts
64-Core 514
32% 514 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 76.3%
Great: 80%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)
Asus(1043 8694) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 31.0.101.2115
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
4.67% Terrible
Lighting 6.5
Reflection 7.8
Parallax 8.8
5% 7.7 fps
MRender 8.4
Gravity 5.9
Splatting 0.2
4% 4.83 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 4.67%
Great: 6%
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400
MSI(1462 3901) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.02
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
156% Outstanding
Lighting 233
Reflection 210
Parallax 204
190% 216 fps
MRender 201
Gravity 154
Splatting 136
131% 164 fps
Poor: 135%
This bench: 156%
Great: 158%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
263GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 749 631 633 643 549 626 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
216% Outstanding
Read 2,021
Write 1,732
Mixed 1,282
SusWrite 638
316% 1,418 MB/s
4K Read 50.5
4K Write 99
4K Mixed 67.2
215% 72.2 MB/s
DQ Read 757
DQ Write 538
DQ Mixed 680
499% 658 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 216%
Great: 340%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 142 140 139 139 142 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
88.1% Excellent
Read 166
Write 152
Mixed 88.9
SusWrite 141
100% 137 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1.1
212% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 88.1%
Great: 101%
StoreJet 4TB
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 88.4
Write 99.2
Mixed 64.1
62% 83.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 7.6
4K Mixed 0.8
263% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (15th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
70.7% Very good
MC Read 25.5
MC Write 27.9
MC Mixed 22.8
73% 25.4 GB/s
SC Read 13.7
SC Write 26.7
SC Mixed 19.8
57% 20.1 GB/s
Latency 75.8
53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 70.7%
Great: 119%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,690 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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