Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.1% 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 Drive	255% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	5120 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '19 at 19:34
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 129 2-Core 195 82% 138 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 621 62% 505 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 112 Parallax 95.1 86% 104 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 98.3 Splatting 102 81% 98.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 865GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1213 1513 1027 1033 1047 980 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 1,594 Write 1,492 Mixed 1,221 SusWrite 1,136 306% 1,361 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 67.5 215% 72.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,319 DQ Write 1140 DQ Mixed 1,027 825% 1,162 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 372%
Intel 540s Series 240GB 7,812 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 36GB free Firmware: LSBG200 SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 103 105 104 105 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 306 Write 368 Mixed 357 SusWrite 135 66% 291 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 38.1 122% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 247 205% 292 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 486GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 168 173 173 172 171 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 135 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 172 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB 2,310 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 28GB free, PID 5595 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 57 36 24 25 23 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 134 Write 49.3 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 35.8 84% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.3 105% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FARG BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBR2 BLS8G4D240FSB.16FARG BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBR2 32GB 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75.5% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 24.1 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 21.1 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	643x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	426x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	95x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	126x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	124x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	89x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	88x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	80x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	40x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16