Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 97.9%, 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	251% 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	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '18 at 04:51
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (97^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 569 76% 571 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.9% 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: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 155 Parallax 134 120% 145 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 142 Splatting 113 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1116 406 306 305 303 306 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,222 Write 1,440 Mixed 694 SusWrite 457 265% 1,203 MB/s	4K Read 50.3 4K Write 207 4K Mixed 63 267% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1150 DQ Write 1,264 DQ Mixed 706 670% 1,040 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 413GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 423 472 475 478 480 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 472 Mixed 402 SusWrite 453 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 65 225% 81.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 876GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 425 475 476 478 480 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 490 Mixed 450 SusWrite 453 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 61.3 210% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 349 265% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

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 @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 33.4 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 39.9 SC Mixed 30.2 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 87%

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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	426x
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 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	89x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	88x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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