Asus Z170-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 18%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 16%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics8.12% 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.
Boot Drive75% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.
Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z170-A  (all builds)
Memory30.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160624
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 23 '16 at 12:45
Run Duration177 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 34%

 PC Performing above expectations (82nd 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 (100th percentile)
95% Outstanding
Memory 95
1-Core 137
2-Core 274
94% 169 Pts
4-Core 548
8-Core 548
73% 548 Pts
64-Core 548
34% 548 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 95%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)
Asus(1043 8694) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4463
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
8.12% Terrible
Lighting 8.53
Reflection 12.6
Parallax 8.5
7% 9.87 fps
MRender 10.6
Gravity 7.57
Splatting 17.7
10% 12 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 8.12%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300
415GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
75% Very good
Read 492
Write 336
Mixed 343
86% 390 MB/s
4K Read 20.9
4K Write 73.9
4K Mixed 9.09
82% 34.6 MB/s
DQ Read 289
DQ Write 228
DQ Mixed 44.3
91% 187 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 75%
Great: 101%
4GB free, PID 5200
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
18.5% Very poor
Read 87.2
Write 11.6
Mixed 16.4
34% 38.4 MB/s
4K Read 7.4
4K Write 0.52
4K Mixed 0.07
47% 2.66 MB/s
Poor: 7%
This bench: 18.5%
Great: 18%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3021 MHz
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
100% Outstanding
MC Read 36.4
MC Write 38.3
MC Mixed 33.2
103% 36 GB/s
SC Read 19.9
SC Write 39.7
SC Mixed 28.7
84% 29.4 GB/s
Latency 57.1
70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 71%
This bench: 100%
Great: 105%

 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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