Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics111% 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)
Memory14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160324
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 23 '18 at 00:33
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$219
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
76.3% Very good
Memory 91.9
1-Core 90.6
2-Core 180
72% 121 Pts
4-Core 338
8-Core 426
49% 382 Pts
64-Core 412
26% 412 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 76.3%
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 (97th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Lighting 148
Reflection 152
Parallax 131
120% 144 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 144
Splatting 115
101% 125 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 111%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196
79GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFZ12.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 50 46 54 46 57 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 95%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$40
931GB free
Firmware: MS2OA8J0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 178 181 177 175 177 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 183
Write 178
Mixed 21.2
SusWrite 177
100% 140 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.6
151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 103%
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 (85th percentile)
84.3% Excellent
MC Read 30.2
MC Write 32.2
MC Mixed 27.4
86% 29.9 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 34.2
SC Mixed 25.4
73% 25.6 GB/s
Latency 64.2
62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 84.3%
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 1,435 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: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $485
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