Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics76% 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 Drive111% 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.
High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z170-A  (all builds)
Memory25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160919
Uptime5.9 Days
Run DateSep 19 '17 at 22:19
Run Duration409 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 26%

 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$170
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
92.7% Outstanding
Memory 92.1
1-Core 139
2-Core 256
91% 163 Pts
4-Core 502
8-Core 786
79% 644 Pts
64-Core 793
49% 793 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 92.7%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Gigabyte(1458 36CB) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1553 MHz, MLim: 1804 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41
Performing below potential (36th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
76% Very good
Lighting 95.8
Reflection 109
Parallax 96
78% 100 fps
MRender 89.8
Gravity 90.6
Splatting 84.6
72% 88.3 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 76%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85
39GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 516
Write 398
Mixed 420
99% 445 MB/s
4K Read 46
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 39.2
175% 63.2 MB/s
DQ Read 325
DQ Write 284
DQ Mixed 104
133% 238 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 111%
Great: 134%
Kingston SV300S37A120G 240GB
38GB free
Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
57.6% Above average
Read 484
Write 150
Mixed 225
62% 286 MB/s
4K Read 10.8
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 9.56
83% 41.1 MB/s
DQ Read 83.6
DQ Write 160
DQ Mixed 40.9
54% 94.9 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 57.6%
Great: 87%
WDC WD800JD-75MSA3 120GB
13GB free
Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
46.7% Average
Read 181
Write 99.7
Mixed 117
29% 133 MB/s
4K Read 21
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 11.7
100% 44.7 MB/s
DQ Read 120
DQ Write 94.5
DQ Mixed 24.6
41% 79.6 MB/s
Kingston SHFS37A240G 500GB
445GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 24% Great: 62%
WD WD5000AAKX-083CA1 320GB
262GB free
Firmware: CP100-10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
35.6% Below average
Read 59.1
Write 64.7
Mixed 61.9
47% 61.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.48
4K Write 1.12
4K Mixed 0.37
82% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 36%
This bench: 35.6%
Great: 57%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23
87GB free
Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
47.4% Average
Read 82.7
Write 82.4
Mixed 84
63% 83 MB/s
4K Read 0.34
4K Write 1.45
4K Mixed 0.25
68% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 47.4%
Great: 69%
18GB free, PID 5400
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
7.95% Terrible
Read 35.8
Write 4.58
Mixed 5.9
14% 15.4 MB/s
4K Read 6.75
4K Write 0.05
4K Mixed 0.05
29% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 6%
This bench: 7.95%
Great: 17%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2609 MHz
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
79.8% Very good
MC Read 28
MC Write 30.9
MC Mixed 25
80% 28 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 32.2
SC Mixed 24.9
73% 25.5 GB/s
Latency 63.8
63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 79.8%
Great: 94%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-A Builds (Compare 8,843 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: 72% - Very good Total price: $796
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