Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	107% 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.
Boot Drive	230% 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '18 at 01:04
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 145 2-Core 288 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 571 8-Core 790 86% 680 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2172) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (78^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 128 Parallax 131 111% 132 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 128 Splatting 102 107% 135 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$140 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 314GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 880 633 634 628 630 628 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 1,932 Write 1,688 Mixed 710 SusWrite 672 278% 1,250 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 64.7 216% 79.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,143 DQ Write 865 DQ Mixed 853 679% 954 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 254%
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 19GB free Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 125 128 126 118 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Read 423 Write 138 Mixed 188 SusWrite 123 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 41.9 167% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 155 118% 162 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 80%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$25 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 210GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 71 71 72 71 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 75.2 Write 70 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 71.8 50% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3000-MR 2x8GB 3,342 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 27.4 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 30.8 88% 31 GB/s	Latency 49.6 81% 49.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 101%

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

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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 $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	91x
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