Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics89.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.
MotherboardAsus Z170-A  (all builds)
Memory13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151211
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateOct 17 '18 at 11:12
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (66th 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 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
84% Excellent
Memory 91
1-Core 128
2-Core 237
86% 152 Pts
4-Core 415
8-Core 712
68% 563 Pts
64-Core 662
41% 662 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 84%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1611 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
89.4% Excellent
Lighting 114
Reflection 121
Parallax 110
93% 115 fps
MRender 102
Gravity 106
Splatting 96.5
83% 101 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 89.4%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
63GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 2000
Write 1,194
Mixed 600
277% 1,264 MB/s
4K Read 49.9
4K Write 153
4K Mixed 56.2
229% 86.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1,119
DQ Write 1,083
DQ Mixed 1,056
805% 1,086 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80
41GB free
Firmware: SAFM00.U
SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 406 413 374 410 410 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 493
Write 416
Mixed 306
SusWrite 395
90% 402 MB/s
4K Read 32.1
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 41.8
165% 64.2 MB/s
DQ Read 347
DQ Write 349
DQ Mixed 66.2
127% 254 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 110%
Great: 104%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
310GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 179 181 183 180 182 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
88.8% Excellent
Read 128
Write 132
Mixed 97
SusWrite 181
99% 135 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.1
220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 88.8%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FAD 2x8GB
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
44.7% Average
MC Read 15.7
MC Write 15.9
MC Mixed 13.1
43% 14.9 GB/s
SC Read 13.1
SC Write 14.8
SC Mixed 13.6
40% 13.8 GB/s
Latency 65.7
61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 44.7%
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 8,707 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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CPUGPUSSD
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Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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