Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	33.6% 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	301% 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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '17 at 12:21
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 145 2-Core 289 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 571 8-Core 805 86% 688 Pts	64-Core 804 50% 804 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro M4000 9,043 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Nvidia(10DE 1153) ≥ 4GB CLim: 772 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 372.90 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Lighting 40.8 Reflection 40.9 Parallax 36.8 33% 39.5 fps	MRender 50.6 Gravity 37.3 Splatting 39.3 34% 42.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 424GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	301% Outstanding	Read 2,817 Write 1,856 Mixed 1,855 481% 2,176 MB/s	4K Read 53.5 4K Write 191 4K Mixed 40.8 234% 95.1 MB/s	DQ Read 56.8 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 41.9 60% 107 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 301% Great: 353%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 147 146 11608 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 100 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 86 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 59 (10) Unknown 1 199 21864121163 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 77 (C2) HDA temperature 116 106 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	80.5% Excellent	Read 151 Write 129 Mixed 120 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.78 4K Mixed 0.22 97% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 332GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 161472483 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6814 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 8835132146 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5519 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3392 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 26 (BD) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BE) vendor-specific 64 56 706478116 (C2) HDA temperature 36 44 77309411364 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 27 161472483 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -110268990343565 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4049813093 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3486080303	48.6% Average	Read 86.6 Write 82.5 Mixed 74.7 61% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.59 126% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 3,287 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3296 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 40 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 29.7 106% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 31.5 95% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 47.1 85% 47.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

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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	96x

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	125x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	40x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $450

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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