Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '17 at 23:34
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 (99^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 281 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 775 77% 628 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Lighting 83 Reflection 81.3 Parallax 70.1 68% 78.2 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 75 Splatting 74.1 61% 74.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 480GB-$277 5,507 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 325GB free Firmware: SAFC12.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6244 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 113 (A2) Unknown 100 100 929 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65540 (AE) Unknown 100 100 65 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1001 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1735	79.3% Very good	Read 519 Write 355 Mixed 357 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 83 4K Mixed 10.3 110% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 38.9 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 43.1 61% 107 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 100%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 270GB free Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 171 Write 177 Mixed 356 53% 235 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 42.1 199% 83.5 MB/s	DQ Read 35.7 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 171 115% 132 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 144%
Crucial MX200 SATA M.2 500GB-$258 1,264 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 244GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8846 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 642 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 438 (B4) Unknown 0 0 5511 (B7) Unknown 100 100 754 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 33 287763791902 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1641181469 (F7) Unknown 100 100 51298077 (F8) Unknown 100 100 28758315	98.7% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 399 Mixed 413 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 34.6 153% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 34.4 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 62.8 77% 126 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 115%
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1573 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 148 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 44 (A3) Unknown 100 100 694 (94) Unknown 100 100 57374 (95) Unknown 100 100 881 (96) Unknown 100 100 793 (97) Unknown 100 100 870 (A4) Unknown 100 100 22496 (A5) Unknown 100 100 32 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 17 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 32023798284312 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 182451 (F2) Unknown 100 100 226998 (F5) Unknown 100 100 265734 (F6) Unknown 100 100 229496 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	72.5% Very good	Read 491 Write 256 Mixed 267 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 19.8 111% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 33.6 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 15.1 38% 76.2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 176GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3043 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 55 (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 73 67 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 24 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2183084378	113% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 414 Mixed 424 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 48.4 197% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 48.3 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 131 111% 154 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 31.1 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 43.3 SC Mixed 31.9 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%

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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	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 $129Bench 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 $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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