Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	13.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '16 at 23:52
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 265 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 754 77% 625 Pts	64-Core 735 46% 735 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% XFX(1682 3110) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Lighting 17.3 Reflection 13.4 Parallax 14.2 14% 14.9 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 11.2 Splatting 17 11% 13.1 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8695 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 333 (B1) Unknown 70 70 624 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 42 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 308 (F1) Unknown 99 99 89116981577
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Marvell Raid VD 9TB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 3.5TB free Firmware: MV.R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 236709896 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 432 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9799797 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9731 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 429 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 54 572522530 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 257 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 43203 (C2) HDA temperature 34 46 64424509474 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -29291676953609 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20390863398 (F2) Unknown 100 253 64199689044	214% Outstanding	Read 400 Write 347 Mixed 381 284% 376 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.78 4K Mixed 0.5 211% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 287%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 471GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 249 224 7516 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1846 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16122 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1613 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 786 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1846 (C2) HDA temperature 110 98 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	56.5% Above average	Read 105 Write 92.1 Mixed 99.6 74% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.45 110% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 76%
NORELSYS 106X 1TB 646 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 149GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	65% Good	Read 170 Write 145 Mixed 108 173% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.32 4K Write 2.71 4K Mixed 0.35 109% 1.46 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 71%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 128GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 35GB free, PID 0095 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 175 Write 56.2 Mixed 97.8 121% 110 MB/s	4K Read 3.87 4K Write 0.25 4K Mixed 0.3 33% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 49%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 17GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 251 Write 91 Mixed 113 164% 152 MB/s	4K Read 11.7 4K Write 8.74 4K Mixed 4.68 500% 8.36 MB/s	DQ Read 13 DQ Write 11.2 DQ Mixed 4.86 596% 9.7 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	85% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 26.7 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 27.4 76% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 88%

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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