Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	228% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	13.6 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	Sep 10 '16 at 13:21
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 125 2-Core 247 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 699 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Lighting 81.6 Reflection 81.5 Parallax 70 66% 77.7 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 74.7 Splatting 75.6 61% 74.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 2,060 Write 896 Mixed 1,148 300% 1,368 MB/s	4K Read 52.1 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 53.7 235% 90.3 MB/s	DQ Read 582 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 199 216% 369 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 243%
Marvell Raid VD 9TB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 3TB free Firmware: MV.R00-0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 83794680 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 253 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5398413 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6650 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 251 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 63 51 623181861 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 114 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24722 (C2) HDA temperature 37 49 64424509477 (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 -77184857273852 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8289200112 (F2) Unknown 100 253 33170886942	227% Outstanding	Read 390 Write 401 Mixed 296 271% 363 MB/s	4K Read 1.51 4K Write 4.84 4K Mixed 0.38 195% 2.24 MB/s
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 287%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 677GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 168 3875 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9453 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13149 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4527 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 155 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9297 (C2) HDA temperature 113 87 34 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.2% Above average	Read 112 Write 94.1 Mixed 93.6 75% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.47 121% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 74%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$60 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 407GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 224 7216 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1870 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16416 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1637 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 798 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1870 (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	58.8% Above average	Read 106 Write 99 Mixed 79.1 71% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.45 107% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 76%
NORELSYS 106X 1TB 646 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 697GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 155 Write 132 Mixed 141 180% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.34 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.34 115% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 71%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 128GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 18GB free, PID 0095 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 176 Write 46.6 Mixed 122 129% 115 MB/s	4K Read 3.37 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.2 30% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 49%

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)	85.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 26.8 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 26.5 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 88%

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

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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	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: 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