Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	109% 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.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

12 days ago, 12 days ago, 11 days ago, 11 days ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150831
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '21 at 17:36
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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-$187 286,724 User benchmarks, average bench 80% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 1.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	51.1% Above average	Memory 73.5 1-Core 62.7 2-Core 124 54% 86.7 Pts	4-Core 168 8-Core 176 23% 172 Pts	64-Core 160 11% 160 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$450 816,196 User benchmarks, average bench 106% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	109% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 142 Parallax 144 108% 140 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 139 Splatting 120 109% 125 fps
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 117%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$70 737,528 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential bench incomplete		Read 491 Write 469 Mixed 363 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 54.4 183% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 354 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 69% Great: 122%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 21,746 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 106GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 91 91 91 92 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 81 Write 83.4 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 88.2 95% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 210 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 20.8 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 16.1 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 93.6 43% 93.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 111%

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

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $267Bench 84%, 515,802 samples	792x
Core i5-6600KIntel $187Bench 80%, 286,724 samples	594x
Core i5-6500Intel $176Bench 71%, 190,776 samples	98x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 1,013,968 samples	356x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 816,196 samples	197x
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 51%, 642,081 samples	138x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 102%, 737,528 samples	152x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $125Bench 110%, 647,981 samples	148x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $115Bench 114%, 362,789 samples	52x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 84%, 455,838 samples	104x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 86%, 396,183 samples	69x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $70Bench 78%, 89,580 samples	55x

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Total price: $738

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16