Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics5.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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)
Memory26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150831
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 03 '22 at 14:33
Run Duration147 Seconds
Run User HND-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (67th 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 way above expectations (98th percentile)
81.2% Excellent
Memory 82.9
1-Core 114
2-Core 224
79% 140 Pts
4-Core 428
8-Core 624
66% 526 Pts
64-Core 619
38% 619 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 81.2%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel Graphics i gfx-driver-ci-master-9938 DCH-I
Asus(1043 8694) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.101.9999
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
5.6% Terrible
Lighting 6.2
Reflection 8
Parallax 7.3
5% 7.17 fps
MRender 7.8
Gravity 5.9
Splatting 10
7% 7.9 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 5.6%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625
17GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 1,959
Write 392
Mixed 556
208% 969 MB/s
4K Read 49.2
4K Write 158
4K Mixed 57.6
232% 88.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,204
DQ Write 226
DQ Mixed 416
382% 615 MB/s
Poor: 138% Great: 283%
Sandisk Extreme Pro 55AF 1TB
628GB free
Firmware: 1085
SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 360 361 287 364 367 MB/s
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
72.4% Very good
Read 325
Write 376
Mixed 340
SusWrite 350
79% 348 MB/s
4K Read 24.8
4K Write 38.9
4K Mixed 30.1
97% 31.3 MB/s
DQ Read 161
DQ Write 184
DQ Mixed 180
134% 175 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 72.4%
Great: 90%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$67
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (11th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
63.9% Good
MC Read 24.4
MC Write 24.5
MC Mixed 18.1
64% 22.3 GB/s
SC Read 15.2
SC Write 24.8
SC Mixed 20.3
57% 20.1 GB/s
Latency 75.3
53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 63.9%
Great: 111%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,765 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: $657
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