Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '17 at 04:59
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	8%

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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 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 (99^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 774 76% 621 Pts	64-Core 774 48% 774 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.8% 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 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Lighting 82.6 Reflection 81.5 Parallax 70.1 67% 78.1 fps	MRender 74.1 Gravity 74.7 Splatting 74.9 61% 74.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 277GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1580 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 148 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 44 (A3) Unknown 100 100 694 (94) Unknown 100 100 58053 (95) Unknown 100 100 894 (96) Unknown 100 100 793 (97) Unknown 100 100 880 (A4) Unknown 100 100 23077 (A5) Unknown 100 100 33 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33119031787544 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 184935 (F2) Unknown 100 100 231299 (F5) Unknown 100 100 272597 (F6) Unknown 100 100 232212 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	69.9% Good	Read 491 Write 256 Mixed 264 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 15.3 104% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 32.9 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 40.7 50% 84.2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 95%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 270GB free Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 176 Mixed 289 48% 212 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 54.2 215% 87.9 MB/s	DQ Read 486 DQ Write 513 DQ Mixed 172 220% 390 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 144%
Corsair Force LE 480GB-$277 5,507 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 264GB free Firmware: SAFC12.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6273 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 113 (A2) Unknown 100 100 929 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65540 (AE) Unknown 100 100 65 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1071 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1744	84% Excellent	Read 517 Write 354 Mixed 360 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 10.3 109% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 9.89 73% 171 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 100%
Crucial MX200 SATA M.2 500GB-$258 1,264 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 244GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8846 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 642 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 438 (B4) Unknown 0 0 5511 (B7) Unknown 100 100 754 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 33 287763791904 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1907281077 (F7) Unknown 100 100 59632157 (F8) Unknown 100 100 29134512	105% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 398 Mixed 409 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 33.8 152% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 61.3 114% 229 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 115%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 131GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3071 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 55 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 67 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 24 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2382107754	114% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 413 Mixed 423 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 50.2 200% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 50.9 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 30 63% 120 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 31.4 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 42.4 SC Mixed 31.4 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%

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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	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 $48Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16