Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 100%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics79.9% 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 Drive304% 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z170-A  (all builds)
Memory29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160128
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 06 '17 at 22:23
Run Duration104 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing way above expectations (86th 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 way above expectations (100th percentile)
95.9% Outstanding
Memory 92.4
1-Core 135
2-Core 269
92% 165 Pts
4-Core 538
8-Core 751
81% 644 Pts
64-Core 750
46% 750 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 95.9%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
EVGA(3842 4991) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53
Performing below potential (61st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
79.9% Very good
Lighting 102
Reflection 107
Parallax 95.7
84% 102 fps
MRender 89.4
Gravity 93.3
Splatting 86.2
73% 89.6 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 79.9%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 1.2TB-$1,000
851GB free
Firmware: 01H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
271% Outstanding
Read 2,321
Write 1,273
Mixed 1,596
382% 1,730 MB/s
4K Read 40.2
4K Write 240
4K Mixed 50.2
252% 110 MB/s
DQ Read 607
DQ Write 544
DQ Mixed 31.1
172% 394 MB/s
Poor: 124%
This bench: 271%
Great: 250%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139
444GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
304% Outstanding
Read 2,824
Write 1,933
Mixed 1,918
493% 2,225 MB/s
4K Read 53.6
4K Write 177
4K Mixed 42
228% 90.7 MB/s
DQ Read 55
DQ Write 207
DQ Mixed 41
58% 101 MB/s
Poor: 159%
This bench: 304%
Great: 353%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G1A1 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
77% Very good
MC Read 28.1
MC Write 28.8
MC Mixed 23.6
77% 26.8 GB/s
SC Read 18.5
SC Write 30.6
SC Mixed 25
71% 24.7 GB/s
Latency 63.3
63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 77%
Great: 77%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,686 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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HDDRAMUSB
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