Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics90.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive57.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z170-AR  (all builds)
Memory11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151211
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateSep 10 '18 at 14:49
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (69th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
85.4% Excellent
Memory 94.4
1-Core 127
2-Core 231
86% 151 Pts
4-Core 412
8-Core 638
65% 525 Pts
64-Core 639
40% 639 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 85.4%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
90.7% Outstanding
Lighting 115
Reflection 117
Parallax 114
94% 115 fps
MRender 98.4
Gravity 103
Splatting 105
84% 102 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 90.7%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38
13GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 603ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 64 75 76 73 76 MB/s
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
57.3% Above average
Read 174
Write 126
Mixed 168
SusWrite 70.9
30% 135 MB/s
4K Read 22.3
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 34.1
135% 54.8 MB/s
DQ Read 89.4
DQ Write 125
DQ Mixed 90.1
73% 102 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 57.3%
Great: 73%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235
3TB free
Firmware: 81.H0A81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 176 178 169 169 175 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
86.4% Excellent
Read 127
Write 180
Mixed 54
SusWrite 173
97% 134 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 4.1
4K Mixed 0.4
141% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 86.4%
Great: 121%
Hitachi HDS5C1010CLA382 1TB
829GB free
Firmware: JC4OA3MA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 110 111 110 110 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
63.2% Good
Read 110
Write 90
Mixed 55.8
SusWrite 110
67% 91.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 63.2%
Great: 64%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
75.8% Very good
MC Read 28.6
MC Write 28.3
MC Mixed 22.3
75% 26.4 GB/s
SC Read 18.4
SC Write 27.6
SC Mixed 24.7
67% 23.6 GB/s
Latency 58.8
68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 75.8%
Great: 90%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-AR Builds (Compare 1,425 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $447
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