Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	91.7% 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	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, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '17 at 02:14
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 144 2-Core 284 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 799 79% 646 Pts	64-Core 801 50% 801 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 118GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5536 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1749 (AB) Unknown 100 100 80870224 (AE) Unknown 100 100 117 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 34 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2025 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3085 (F9) Unknown 100 100 100969131	90.1% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 409 Mixed 438 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 23.2 110% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 74.2 124% 238 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 101%
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5358 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1622 (AB) Unknown 100 100 39990352 (AE) Unknown 100 100 67 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 233 (D2) Unknown 100 100 1 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 93 93 93 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7791 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6731 (F9) Unknown 100 100 339100307	91.7% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 372 Mixed 407 91% 407 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 22.4 126% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 69.8 123% 239 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 98%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 111 (03) Spinup time 129 129 51580371440 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 883 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2991 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 859 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 897 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 897 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 171799609378 (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 200 200 0	59.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 104 Mixed 98 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.38 99% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 68%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 686GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 165 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2169 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6213 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1723 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 139 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2029 (C2) HDA temperature 116 112 27 (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	103% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 158 Mixed 159 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.31 118% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 28.9 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 28.7 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 95%

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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	645x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	428x
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	127x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	126x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	89x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	81x
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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16