Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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.
Graphics86% 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 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.
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)
Memory27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160624
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 28 '20 at 20:39
Run Duration120 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing as expected (57th 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 82.9
1-Core 119
2-Core 201
77% 134 Pts
4-Core 375
8-Core 626
61% 501 Pts
64-Core 647
40% 647 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 76.3%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
86% Excellent
Lighting 109
Reflection 113
Parallax 95.4
89% 106 fps
MRender 93
Gravity 99.1
Splatting 99.4
80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 86%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68
112GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 43 18 33 59 39 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
34% Below average
Read 76.7
Write 137
Mixed 61.6
SusWrite 41.6
58% 79.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.5
101% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 34%
Great: 112%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139
931GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 100 102 100 102 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
59% Above average
Read 104
Write 99.5
Mixed 70.2
SusWrite 101
69% 93.8 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 59%
Great: 59%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD BLS8G4D240FSE.16FAR BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD BLS8G4D240FSE.16FAR 32GB
2187, 2187, 2187, 2187 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
75.4% Very good
MC Read 26.8
MC Write 29.6
MC Mixed 24.4
77% 26.9 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 28.1
SC Mixed 23.2
65% 22.6 GB/s
Latency 75.3
53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 75%
This bench: 75.4%
Great: 89%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,718 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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