Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% 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.
Boot Drive	242% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '18 at 22:36
Run Duration	302 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 142 2-Core 285 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 557 8-Core 558 75% 558 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2762 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 158 Parallax 148 120% 151 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 142 Splatting 116 103% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 713GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17268 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 914 (B1) Unknown 99 99 14 (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 60 49 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 5 (EB) Unknown 99 99 335 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30280415448	109% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 415 Mixed 427 101% 455 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 34.3 163% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 134 152% 260 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 239GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15739 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3786 (B1) Unknown 98 98 39 (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 64 50 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1342 (F1) Unknown 99 99 37215532529	112% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 409 Mixed 421 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 50.8 193% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 50.5 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 120 106% 151 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 2,742 Write 1,088 Mixed 1,267 371% 1,699 MB/s	4K Read 60.9 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 27.6 209% 81 MB/s	DQ Read 60.2 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 28.8 49% 91.2 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 236%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 5,895 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 895GB free, PID a00c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 106 Write 99.6 Mixed 72.1 115% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.21 65% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 44%
213 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 25GB free, PID 5400 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 90 Write 6.09 Mixed 10.7 29% 35.6 MB/s	4K Read 10.4 4K Write 0.06 4K Mixed 0.06 43% 3.49 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 28.9 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 34.4 SC Mixed 27.9 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 87%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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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	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 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 $40Bench 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 $40	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