Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


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 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '17 at 06:08
Run Duration	285 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	15%

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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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 77.5 2-Core 183 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 499 66% 494 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3710) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2202 MHz, MLim: 2626 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.6% Below average	Lighting 0.27 Reflection 160 Parallax 136 0% 98.8 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 147 Splatting 112 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 387GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 174188903 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 422 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 66638653 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1243 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 425 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 70 60 504889374 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 424 (C2) HDA temperature 30 14 60129542174 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 174188903 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 69453916144857 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12040970809 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12111823243	95.5% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 151 Mixed 143 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.29 90% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 112%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$18 39,749 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 298GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 637 (03) Spinup time 154 139 1275 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3143 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5247 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3127 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 4976 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 691 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 401762 (C2) HDA temperature 113 94 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 95 95 4201 (F1) Unknown 200 200 9544400837 (F2) Unknown 200 200 12727458672 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	47.6% Average	Read 83.2 Write 82.6 Mixed 83 62% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.18 64% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 47%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 210GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 177571505 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8846 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 212741092 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11023 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4365 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 90 107376673084 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 555286561 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 47244640289 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 23 177571505 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 118468082946792 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1048586586 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2923436800	54.6% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 93 Mixed 97.9 72% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.63 130% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 70%
Samsung HM320JI 320GB 1,198 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 105GB free Firmware: 2SS00_03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 48 (03) Spinup time 252 252 2750 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12834 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 17 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 14365 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 87 87 13519 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6642 (B8) Unknown 252 252 0 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 3677 (BC) Unknown 252 252 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 32 292058431517 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 7749 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 988 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 2 2 999999 (C2) HDA temperature 64 32 292058431517 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 53 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 89 89 103 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 10 (C9) Soft read error rate 252 252 0	38.4% Below average	Read 67.6 Write 66.2 Mixed 57.7 48% 63.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.35 78% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 36%
Verbatim STORE N GO 16GB 162 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 5GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	9.91% Terrible	Read 24.8 Write 8.36 Mixed 11.3 16% 14.8 MB/s	4K Read 8.52 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.56 78% 3.29 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 9.91% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 4,421 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 21.9 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 23 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 80%

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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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	428x
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	127x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	125x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $445

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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