Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '20 at 08:45
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 266 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 518 70% 521 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3792) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Lighting 97.2 Reflection 86.2 Parallax 74.5 79% 86 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 80.3 Splatting 75.7 62% 75.6 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$200 7,034 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: R211 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 83 77 75 76 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 309 Write 138 Mixed 158 SusWrite 84.8 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 14.5 4K Mixed 22.4 88% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 60.7 DQ Mixed 75.6 66% 102 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 91%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 161GB free Firmware: 20.04F20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 93 96 92 94 92 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 94.5 Write 94.3 Mixed 71 SusWrite 92.9 65% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 76%
Generic- SD/MMC 1GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 1GB free, PID 0109 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 15 15 14 15 15 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	7.3% Terrible	Read 17.8 Write 8.7 Mixed 10.3 SusWrite 14.6 16% 12.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 26% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.3% Great: 7%
WD Elements 107C 4TB 3,603 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 411GB free, PID 107c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 107 106 106 106 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 85.3 Write 85.3 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 106 117% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 88% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	84.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 28.3 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 25.2 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 88%

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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