Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150831
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '17 at 02:44
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^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)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 502 66% 497 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 75.9 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 66.5 62% 73 fps	MRender 69.9 Gravity 70 Splatting 72.7 58% 70.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 375GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 587 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8590983177 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 43 244813135911 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 12885032963 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 67 (EA) Unknown 100 100 182 (F1) Unknown 253 253 93 (F2) Unknown 253 253 133 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	60.5% Good	Read 498 Write 429 Mixed 249 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 13.6 4K Mixed 5.17 43% 12.6 MB/s	DQ Read 88.8 DQ Write 14.3 DQ Mixed 5.94 16% 36.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 76%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 24872 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 729 (B1) Unknown 91 91 101 (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 68 64 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 385 (EB) Unknown 99 99 108 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17528254372	55.3% Above average	Read 264 Write 122 Mixed 133 38% 173 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 11.2 107% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 27.9 56% 114 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 73%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 146 11525 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 458 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14160 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 456 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 405 (C2) HDA temperature 120 115 32 (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	93.2% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 158 Mixed 158 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 3.24 4K Mixed 0.31 125% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 499GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 81595648 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 673 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8355326 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20909 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 671 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 73 67 471203867 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 425758 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 68719476763 (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 -66327179943597 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3252562949 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2837073549	94% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 173 Mixed 165 124% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.29 98% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FAD 2x8GB 2,922 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 34 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 30.4 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 38.9 SC Mixed 28.3 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 94%

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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 $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 $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