Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall 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.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive119% 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.
MotherboardAsus Z170-AR  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180314
Uptime5.2 Days
Run DateNov 21 '19 at 01:16
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing above expectations (76th 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 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
91.7% Outstanding
Memory 94.6
1-Core 120
2-Core 286
91% 167 Pts
4-Core 508
8-Core 536
69% 522 Pts
64-Core 526
33% 526 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 91.7%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Lighting 130
Reflection 145
Parallax 125
106% 133 fps
MRender 109
Gravity 130
Splatting 112
95% 117 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 102%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52
39GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 260 260 244 234 219 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
119% Outstanding
Read 503
Write 476
Mixed 451
SusWrite 250
94% 420 MB/s
4K Read 48.5
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 64.1
218% 76.9 MB/s
DQ Read 375
DQ Write 333
DQ Mixed 342
260% 350 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 119%
Great: 128%
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB
146GB free
Firmware: UF4500RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 158 111 107 115 107 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
56.2% Above average
Read 452
Write 249
Mixed 331
SusWrite 144
65% 294 MB/s
4K Read 23.1
4K Write 42.9
4K Mixed 19.2
82% 28.4 MB/s
DQ Read 119
DQ Write 84.1
DQ Mixed 42.3
48% 81.8 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 56.2%
Great: 56%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
52.5% Above average
MC Read 19.3
MC Write 18
MC Mixed 15.1
50% 17.5 GB/s
SC Read 15
SC Write 18.3
SC Mixed 17.1
48% 16.8 GB/s
Latency 58.1
69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 52.5%
Great: 104%

 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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HDDRAMUSB
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