Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150831
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 15 '18 at 06:06
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (58^th 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 119 2-Core 235 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 463 62% 463 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 1972) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1646 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20.8% Poor	Lighting 6.8 Reflection 69.7 Parallax 61.4 6% 46 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 61.9 Splatting 54.7 50% 62.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2201000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 100 345 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1374 (A6) Unknown 100 100 263 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 315 (A9) Unknown 100 100 197 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 319 (AE) Unknown 100 100 162 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 100 201863462940 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 9 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 24854 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5603 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6594	58.4% Above average	Read 483 Write 174 Mixed 256 66% 304 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 3.41 88% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 3.39 31% 68.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 71%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 84 (03) Spinup time 131 131 38685770206 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 732 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 28863 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 731 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1777 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1777 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 176094642210 (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 200 200 0
Poor: 40% Great: 82%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 88 (03) Spinup time 125 125 42982179316 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 732 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 28497 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 732 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1699 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1699 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 244814250019 (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 200 200 0
Poor: 40% Great: 82%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 931GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 124 124 12896895163 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1461 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8560 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1335 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2921 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2921 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 154619936799 (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 200 200 0	100% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 172 Mixed 160 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 0.64 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FARG BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD BLS4G4D240FSB.8FARG 12GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.7% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 16 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 15.6 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 72%

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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	646x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	429x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	99x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	127x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	126x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	90x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	89x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	81x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	40x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $452

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16