Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics112% 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.
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.
Run History
MotherboardAsus Z170-AR  (all builds)
Memory13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160324
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateOct 21 '18 at 04:52
Run Duration133 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$170
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
83.5% Excellent
Memory 92.8
1-Core 115
2-Core 225
82% 144 Pts
4-Core 415
8-Core 506
59% 461 Pts
64-Core 516
32% 516 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 83.5%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
112% Outstanding
Lighting 149
Reflection 152
Parallax 145
121% 149 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 143
Splatting 116
102% 125 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 112%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196
94GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFZ12.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 57 63 63 56 54 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 95%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$32
931GB free
Firmware: MS2OA8J0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 161 182 182 185 184 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
104% Outstanding
Read 185
Write 188
Mixed 21.2
SusWrite 179
103% 143 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 104%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
85.8% Excellent
MC Read 31.4
MC Write 32.5
MC Mixed 27.2
87% 30.4 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 34.2
SC Mixed 26.5
76% 26.5 GB/s
Latency 62.5
64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 85.8%
Great: 87%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-AR Builds (Compare 1,442 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: 76% - Very good Total price: $572
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