Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 126%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 99%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics133% 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 Drive64% 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 (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z170-A  (all builds)
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 05 '20 at 13:50
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User IRL-User
Background CPU 26%

 PC Performing above expectations (74th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
97.6% Outstanding
Memory 96.6
1-Core 148
2-Core 296
99% 180 Pts
4-Core 568
8-Core 573
76% 570 Pts
64-Core 554
34% 554 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 97.6%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 457.09
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
133% Outstanding
Lighting 187
Reflection 198
Parallax 180
152% 188 fps
MRender 126
Gravity 186
Splatting 125
118% 145 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 133%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218
41GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 070H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 182 185 190 183 185 MB/s
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
64% Good
Read 441
Write 228
Mixed 248
SusWrite 183
61% 275 MB/s
4K Read 21.3
4K Write 98.8
4K Mixed 15.1
104% 45.1 MB/s
DQ Read 120
DQ Write 112
DQ Mixed 24.1
43% 85.1 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 64%
Great: 74%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139
276GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 47 48 47 47 47 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
32% Below average
Read 64
Write 66.8
Mixed 54.5
SusWrite 47.2
43% 58.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.4
102% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 32%
Great: 59%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMU64GX4M4C3200C16 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
59.9% Above average
MC Read 21.4
MC Write 21
MC Mixed 17.3
57% 19.9 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 21.3
SC Mixed 19.6
56% 19.5 GB/s
Latency 52
77% 52 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 59.9%
Great: 60%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,724 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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CPUGPUSSD
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Intel Core i5-12600K $163Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair 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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