Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 102%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics126% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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)
Memory10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151211
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJun 12 '19 at 18:37
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User ARG-User
Background CPU 26%

 PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
85.6% Excellent
Memory 89.2
1-Core 128
2-Core 258
88% 158 Pts
4-Core 472
8-Core 488
64% 480 Pts
64-Core 497
31% 497 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 85.6%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 425.31
Performing below potential (64th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
126% Outstanding
Lighting 175
Reflection 192
Parallax 177
142% 181 fps
MRender 122
Gravity 176
Splatting 115
111% 138 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 126%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 480GB
61GB free
Firmware: SBFKB1D1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 253 253 264 252 301 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive
Read 384
Write 244
Mixed 337
SusWrite 268
69% 308 MB/s
4K Read 29.5
4K Write 78.9
4K Mixed 43.1
142% 50.5 MB/s
DQ Read 272
DQ Write 324
DQ Mixed 220
188% 272 MB/s
Poor: 38% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC25
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 124 119 127 137 128 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
80.9% Excellent
Read 157
Write 133
Mixed 79
SusWrite 125
91% 123 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 80.9%
Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50
1TB free
Firmware: MX4OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 165 163 167 166 167 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
99.1% Outstanding
Read 180
Write 184
Mixed 22
SusWrite 165
99% 138 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 99.1%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
44.5% Average
MC Read 15.1
MC Write 15.4
MC Mixed 13.6
42% 14.7 GB/s
SC Read 13.2
SC Write 15.6
SC Mixed 15.1
42% 14.6 GB/s
Latency 68.3
59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 44.5%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,698 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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