Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	233% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	15.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '17 at 11:27
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	71.8% Very good	Memory 75.6 1-Core 102 2-Core 199 71% 126 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 557 57% 462 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.9% Very good	Lighting 92.5 Reflection 122 Parallax 104 75% 106 fps	MRender 88.6 Gravity 91.9 Splatting 90.2 74% 90.2 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 110%
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Nvidia(10DE 1033) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.8% Poor	Lighting 36.2 Reflection 34.5 Parallax 48.3 30% 39.7 fps	MRender 41 Gravity 43.2 Splatting 29.8 30% 38 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 254GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3877 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 489 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 68 59 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6083235265
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 1,948 Write 1,402 Mixed 1,462 356% 1,604 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 47.3 180% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 156 165% 272 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 353%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 111GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3096556 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -75076028326224 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1121 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 86 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 47 64427589665 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 64427589665 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3096556 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3096556 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3096556 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16121 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13322 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13322 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8218 (F4) Unknown 96 96 9896074	55.3% Above average	Read 415 Write 111 Mixed 152 49% 226 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 12.8 95% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 86.4 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 10.4 33% 70.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 73 64 22133156 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 27 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2529591 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -138933602090870 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (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 65 62 639238179 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 378 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 103079215139 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 73 64 22133156 (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 83068962472051 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1938866994 (F2) Unknown 100 253 411628548	65.8% Good	Read 137 Write 89.5 Mixed 78.4 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 4.53 4K Write 5.78 4K Mixed 0.47 348% 3.59 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 90%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 171 6158 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2395 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14486 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1763 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 108 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 170 170 92655 (C2) HDA temperature 113 104 37 (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	77.2% Very good	Read 144 Write 125 Mixed 100 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.24 84% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3333 C16 2x8GB 459 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.4% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 17.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 12.8 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 89.1 45% 89.1 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 112%

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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	96x

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	125x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	40x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $450

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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) $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