Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics98% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive299% 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.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z170-AR  (all builds)
Memory12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161129
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateJul 09 '19 at 19:02
Run Duration224 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 18%

 PC Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
90% Outstanding
Memory 96
1-Core 125
2-Core 252
89% 158 Pts
4-Core 485
8-Core 490
65% 488 Pts
64-Core 474
29% 474 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 90%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
MSI(1462 C304) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
98% Outstanding
Lighting 127
Reflection 137
Parallax 116
103% 127 fps
MRender 96.1
Gravity 122
Splatting 103
88% 107 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 98%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
370GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1508 1169 810 812 815 815 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
299% Outstanding
Read 2,428
Write 2,268
Mixed 1,691
SusWrite 988
413% 1,844 MB/s
4K Read 67.5
4K Write 170
4K Mixed 93.8
313% 111 MB/s
DQ Read 1,086
DQ Write 903
DQ Mixed 1,006
751% 999 MB/s
Poor: 178%
This bench: 299%
Great: 355%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 1TB
901GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 436 433 448 448 440 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
129% Outstanding
Read 441
Write 425
Mixed 372
SusWrite 439
94% 419 MB/s
4K Read 46.3
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 65.7
220% 78.6 MB/s
DQ Read 383
DQ Write 345
DQ Mixed 359
271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 91%
This bench: 129%
Great: 129%
General USB Flash Disk 126GB
86GB free, PID 1000
Operating at USB 3.2 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.2 19 0.9 18 19 8.5 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
82.5% Excellent
Read 240
Write 1
Mixed 104
SusWrite 11.2
86% 88.8 MB/s
4K Read 15
4K Write 13.6
4K Mixed 10
858% 12.9 MB/s
DQ Read 19.8
DQ Write 15.2
DQ Mixed 11.6
985% 15.5 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 82.5%
Great: 87%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
58.7% Above average
MC Read 21.1
MC Write 20.6
MC Mixed 17.1
56% 19.6 GB/s
SC Read 16.4
SC Write 21.4
SC Mixed 19
54% 18.9 GB/s
Latency 54
74% 54 ns
Poor: 35%
This bench: 58.7%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-AR Builds (Compare 1,416 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: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $455
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