Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	111% 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.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '18 at 22:07
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 252 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 661 69% 556 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 195 Parallax 191 136% 184 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 166 Splatting 123 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 181 68 75 71 79 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 352 Mixed 390 SusWrite 151 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 63.4 213% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 360 266% 351 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 133GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 423 431 472 479 472 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 482 Mixed 391 SusWrite 452 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 65.5 226% 81.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 361 265% 349 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 134%
WD VelociRaptor 2.5" 1TB-$52 1,134 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 703GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 185 183 185 185 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 185 Mixed 126 SusWrite 185 127% 173 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 1.6 312% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 120%
SanDisk Cruzer 4GB 3,128 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 2GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.8 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	12% Very poor	Read 25 Write 13.2 Mixed 14.5 SusWrite 4.9 17% 14.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.3 98% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.8% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.1 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 21.7 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 104%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	643x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	427x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	95x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	126x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	124x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	89x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	80x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	40x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $464

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16