Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	224% 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '18 at 08:02
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (94^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 583 8-Core 571 77% 577 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2630 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 157 Parallax 145 119% 149 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 140 Splatting 116 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1187 341 309 304 305 305 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 1,714 Write 1340 Mixed 617 SusWrite 458 229% 1,032 MB/s	4K Read 53.5 4K Write 205 4K Mixed 55 260% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,043 DQ Write 1,184 DQ Mixed 827 702% 1,018 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 291GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 477 479 466 467 467 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 457 Mixed 398 SusWrite 465 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 67.9 227% 81.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 864GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 480 483 470 470 470 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 342 Mixed 434 SusWrite 468 97% 429 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 63.6 212% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 350 266% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2668 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 29.9 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 37.7 SC Mixed 27.7 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 87%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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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