Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.7% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (91%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	21.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '17 at 03:57
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	91%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 86.8 1-Core 139 2-Core 279 92% 168 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 536 71% 529 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.9% 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: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Lighting 76.2 Reflection 78.6 Parallax 67.2 62% 74 fps	MRender 69.8 Gravity 69.9 Splatting 73.2 58% 71 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 397GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^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 100 100 103 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 62 163210199074 (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 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1790477905 (F7) Unknown 100 100 56058198 (F8) Unknown 100 100 9743962 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1931 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	84.7% Excellent	Read 486 Write 339 Mixed 336 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 23.6 109% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 34.3 89% 191 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 818GB free Firmware: CC82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 218154832 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 572 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5848830 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3240 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 378 (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 58 53 739901482 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 976 (C2) HDA temperature 42 47 81604378666 (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 -65240553224382 (F1) Unknown 100 253 129583975759113 (F2) Unknown 100 253 43700120878109	101% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 176 Mixed 162 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.24 102% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 716GB free Firmware: HP33 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 232516392 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 685 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 47961435 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2445 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 615 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1221161344 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 63 50 655949861 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1165 (C2) HDA temperature 37 50 73014444069 (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	100% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 170 Mixed 173 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.34 103% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%
Seagate BlackArmorDAS35 1TB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 931GB free, PID 3411 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 40.6 Write 40.2 Mixed 17.9 40% 32.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.49 68% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 19%
WDC WD20 EFRX-68AX9N0 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 60GB free, PID 012c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	15.8% Very poor	Read 39.2 Write 39.8 Mixed 33.7 48% 37.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.12 4K Write 0.45 4K Mixed 0.1 19% 0.22 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G G.SKILL F4-2133C15-8GNS KHX2133C14D4/8G 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55.7% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 17.5 54% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18.2 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 56%

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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	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 $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: 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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