Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	48.9% 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	84.3% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150825
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '16 at 20:36
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (58^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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 121 2-Core 258 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 719 74% 594 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.1% 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 (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.9% Average	Lighting 60.5 Reflection 69.7 Parallax 60.4 49% 63.5 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 48.9 Splatting 56.1 48% 59.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate 600 240GB-$215 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: C675 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th 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 12815 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 581 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 0 38658506781 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 87 87 14 (EA) Unknown 100 100 197151 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11262 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8273 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1067	84.3% Excellent	Read 496 Write 389 Mixed 414 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 25.8 114% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 23.8 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 14.7 49% 99.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.3% 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 (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 776 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2028 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 4497175061 (09) Power-on hours count 28 28 63716 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1049 (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 73 56 9044623387 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 546 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2290 (C2) HDA temperature 27 44 -140737488355301 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 3 776 (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 -99802155032287 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3519861084 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3869871040	68.4% Good	Read 108 Write 131 Mixed 114 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.63 105% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 68.4% 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 @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.8% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 14.5 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 17.5 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 51.8% 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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	648x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	433x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	100x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	219x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	129x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	127x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $485

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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