Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	109% 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	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	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150714
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '17 at 11:21
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 113 2-Core 220 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 638 63% 516 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.9% Average	Lighting 61.9 Reflection 64.5 Parallax 58.5 50% 61.6 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 58.8 Splatting 52.2 49% 60.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 465GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13952 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 250 (B1) Unknown 97 97 62 (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 54 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 57 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14829623513	103% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 406 Mixed 416 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 84.9 4K Mixed 34.5 156% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 112 121% 201 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 387GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13952 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 250 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (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 67 58 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 57 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14532407859	109% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 398 Mixed 416 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 84.9 4K Mixed 46 168% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 119 136% 235 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 0909 Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 90.2 Write 83.8 Mixed 89.4 66% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.14 62% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 97%
WDC WD16 00JS-00NCB1 160GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 58GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	23.9% Poor	Read 53 Write 52.5 Mixed 52.3 68% 52.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.3 64% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 26%
ST2000DM 001-1ER164 2TB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 54GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 193 Write 174 Mixed 121 200% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.22 63% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR1 2x8GB 2,335 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 20.8 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 79%

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

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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	427x
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	126x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	125x

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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	80x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	40x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $450

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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