Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '19 at 03:08
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 757 83% 658 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 8619) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2012 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 77.4 Reflection 75.1 Parallax 65.6 63% 72.7 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 69.1 Splatting 70 58% 70.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 307 328 271 172 145 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 349 Mixed 278 SusWrite 260 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 39.5 164% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 123 151% 267 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$89 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 333GB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 83 80 82 81 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 89 Write 85.2 Mixed 54.2 SusWrite 81 57% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 70%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 985GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 107 107 107 107 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 147 Write 127 Mixed 76 SusWrite 106 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.9 195% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 38,955 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 22.6 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 25.4 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 91%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	644x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	428x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	127x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	126x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	89x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	81x
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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $443

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16