Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.82% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	98.4% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '17 at 09:04
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 153 2-Core 299 99% 182 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 844 86% 696 Pts	64-Core 838 52% 838 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.82% Terrible	Lighting 8.13 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 7.94 7% 9.33 fps	MRender 11.8 Gravity 6.97 Splatting 16.7 10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.82% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1372 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 475 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 78 62 22 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11772140302	98.4% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 412 Mixed 416 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 29.9 167% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 46.6 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 29.6 37% 63.8 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 134%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 6TB free Firmware: AR15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 153525192 (03) Spinup time 90 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 493 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2654061 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1385 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 493 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 84 64 269287440 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2481 (C2) HDA temperature 16 40 42949672976 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 99 153525192 (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 -120989228727340 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7215343081 (F2) Unknown 100 253 51728881367
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 44943744 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1138 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9451675 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2438 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 791 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 85 64 252444687 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9746 (C2) HDA temperature 15 40 38654705679 (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 15715285337292 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7297115776 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19155059902	77.9% Very good	Read 137 Write 135 Mixed 131 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.2 79% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 96%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 107GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 158 6950 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1891 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8452 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1663 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 206 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 170 170 92294 (C2) HDA temperature 134 112 16 (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	41.7% Average	Read 113 Write 32.5 Mixed 37.5 45% 61 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.15 43% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GB-$165 6,271 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.6 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 24.7 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 113%

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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 $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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