Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.8% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (82%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '17 at 09:48
Run Duration	247 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	82%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th 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 above expectations (68^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 77.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 242 81% 148 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 381 56% 410 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 1010 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Lighting 45.1 Reflection 50 Parallax 53.4 37% 49.5 fps	MRender 49 Gravity 39.3 Splatting 37.7 34% 42 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD6SA1M064G1011 64GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 52GB free Firmware: X230600 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 5852 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 223 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 41 (A9) Unknown 100 100 92 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 12 (AE) Unknown 100 100 77 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 46 197569740836 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 40 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 550 (F1) Unknown 253 253 351 (F2) Unknown 253 253 221 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	68.9% Good	Read 377 Write 141 Mixed 194 52% 238 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 19.7 121% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 38.2 78% 162 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 78%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 4325 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1161 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3363 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 589 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5755 (C2) HDA temperature 115 108 32 (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	76.2% Very good	Read 147 Write 118 Mixed 134 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.23 92% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 86%
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70 13,060 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 409GB free Firmware: 1AA01117 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 85 85 5280 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 6808 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 12375 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19470 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6387 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 62 387055639 (C2) HDA temperature 71 58 487718941 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 27835 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	57.8% Above average	Read 101 Write 100 Mixed 98.6 75% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.58 140% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 63%
WD Blue 2.5" 640GB (2010)-$60 12,460 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 308GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 173 1958 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5962 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32705 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1155 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 1682 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 126 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 139 139 185638 (C2) HDA temperature 118 95 29 (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 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 83 83 12623 (F1) Unknown 200 200 14569282652 (F2) Unknown 200 200 13397695922 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	38.9% Below average	Read 73.6 Write 61.8 Mixed 69.2 52% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.16 60% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 48%
Hitachi HTS545032B9A300 320GB-$59 15,217 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 14GB free Firmware: PB3OC60N Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 136 136 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 10277 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 27760 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3657 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 93572 (C2) HDA temperature 203 203 184684118043 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	27.1% Poor	Read 46.5 Write 47.6 Mixed 44.4 35% 46.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.35 86% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 42%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0001SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 190282728 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4900 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 8688471384 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 -84383222445658 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1654 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032852 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 555089951 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 267 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 50 50 100497 (C2) HDA temperature 31 45 -8589934561 (C4) Reallocation count 94 94 73504070309373 (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 94 94 73504070309373 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1685390138 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3996316478 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	31.2% Below average	Read 52.3 Write 56.4 Mixed 48.3 39% 52.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.68 4K Mixed 0.18 49% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 61%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.9% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 24.1 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 16 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 86.2 46% 86.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 95%

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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