Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	22.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	83.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '16 at 22:07
Run Duration	469 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 482 65% 484 Pts	64-Core 483 30% 483 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E221) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.155.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Lighting 27.3 Reflection 29.3 Parallax 32.3 22% 29.6 fps	MRender 26.4 Gravity 22 Splatting 34.8 23% 27.7 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$26 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 121 100 121 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 149 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 24 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 36 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 100 171798691876 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 861 (F1) Unknown 253 253 765 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1074	83.7% Excellent	Read 511 Write 410 Mixed 450 102% 457 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 5.49 99% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 28.4 84% 177 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 86%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 447GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3079 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 67 8847 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2981 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13401 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2370 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 8 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 54 197569740833 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 12 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3065	79.3% Very good	Read 129 Write 147 Mixed 120 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.53 136% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 75%
WD WD1600AABS-00PRA0 160GB 8,028 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 148GB free Firmware: 05.06H05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 261 (03) Spinup time 163 159 2833 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4116 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17682 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3816 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 308 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4121 (C2) HDA temperature 107 94 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 198 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1456 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	41.8% Average	Read 72.7 Write 73.1 Mixed 67 53% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.06 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.35 62% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 52%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 23GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 142 3841 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2132 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10554 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1772 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 216 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1915 (C2) HDA temperature 106 97 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	62.1% Good	Read 110 Write 106 Mixed 88.3 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.33 86% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 69%
Samsung M3 Portable 500GB 4,300 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 441GB free, PID 61b3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 84.2 Write 102 Mixed 91.6 122% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.34 82% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 42%
Kingston DT 101 II 8GB 878 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 1625 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	2.72% Terrible	Read 7.73 Write 3.22 Mixed 4.18 6% 5.05 MB/s	4K Read 3.72 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.008 14% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.72% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB 4,860 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 29.4 100% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 28.8 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 108%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	643x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	426x
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 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	89x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	88x
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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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