Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	51.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150825
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '16 at 19:20
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (59^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 261 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 738 75% 605 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6519 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.2% Above average	Lighting 63.6 Reflection 69.4 Parallax 60.1 52% 64.4 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 60.5 Splatting 54.9 50% 62.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate 600 240GB-$215 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: C675 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12813 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 580 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 0 38658506780 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 87 87 14 (EA) Unknown 100 100 197107 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11255 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8252 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1067	75.9% Very good	Read 502 Write 353 Mixed 468 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 16.1 110% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 25.6 DQ Write 87.1 DQ Mixed 17 24% 43.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 853GB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 101 99 88 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2027 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 4497171176 (09) Power-on hours count 28 28 63715 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1048 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 47247523991 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 56 9027649562 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 545 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2289 (C2) HDA temperature 26 44 -140737488355302 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 3 88 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 567 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -32749125607137 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3517504969 (F2) Unknown 100 253 188276564	70.2% Very good	Read 109 Write 136 Mixed 113 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.46 88% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.6% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.3 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.2 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 53 76% 53 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 103%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	651x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	436x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	101x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	223x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	129x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	127x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	90x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	89x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	81x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	40x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $590

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16