Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	202% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '18 at 07:53
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 145 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 764 76% 622 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3761) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 3058 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.24 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 624 307 296 292 288 289 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1,885 Write 1,314 Mixed 543 SusWrite 350 226% 1,023 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 51.4 206% 79.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,023 DQ Write 882 DQ Mixed 630 560% 845 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 236%
Liteonit S100-064 64GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 21GB free Firmware: VD82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 182 165 179 181 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 418 Write 182 Mixed 218 SusWrite 177 55% 249 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 38.1 135% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 171 137% 193 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 78%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 276GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 71 71 71 72 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 96 Write 92.2 Mixed 48.8 SusWrite 71.7 57% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 67%
Samsung HM641JI 640GB-$50 10,598 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 482GB free Firmware: 2AJ10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.9 3.8 2.9 3.6 4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Read 70.8 Write 4.5 Mixed 3.5 SusWrite 3.3 15% 20.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 31 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 41 SC Mixed 31 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 104%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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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	427x
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 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $464

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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