Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	112% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	55 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '17 at 07:04
Run Duration	747 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 286 93% 171 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 779 78% 637 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 156 Parallax 134 121% 146 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 134 Splatting 109 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 312GB free Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	377% Outstanding	Read 3,659 Write 1,799 Mixed 2,186 561% 2,548 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 247 4K Mixed 63.7 287% 120 MB/s	DQ Read 906 DQ Write 656 DQ Mixed 366 386% 643 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 377% Great: 243%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 312GB free Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	377% Outstanding	Read 3,688 Write 1,796 Mixed 2,136 559% 2,540 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 243 4K Mixed 62.8 283% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 898 DQ Write 664 DQ Mixed 366 386% 642 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 377% Great: 243%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 167GB free Firmware: 600A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4617426 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 2199023259844 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 29 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 42 85902098464 (C2) HDA temperature 32 42 85902098464 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4617426 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4617426 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4617426 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 359 (EA) Unknown 0 0 199 (F1) Unknown 0 0 199 (F2) Unknown 0 0 699 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2490390	75.5% Very good	Read 492 Write 200 Mixed 275 71% 322 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 14.1 126% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 51.6 74% 135 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4115 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 46 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 56 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3765052467	112% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 398 Mixed 414 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 45.5 180% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 126 137% 229 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 186832192 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 31 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 10257615 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4108 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 55 723451942 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6479 (C2) HDA temperature 38 45 90194313254 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -78095390340211 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18048216628 (F2) Unknown 100 253 62437488942	70.6% Very good	Read 112 Write 132 Mixed 105 87% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 5.29 4K Mixed 0.76 213% 2.26 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 94%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 8GB-$7 16,591 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 4GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 127 Write 4.97 Mixed 7.54 34% 46.4 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.004 44% 3.92 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-065.A00G 9905625-066.A00G 9905625-066.A00G 9905625-066.A00G 64GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.8% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 23.7 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 23.1 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns

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

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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