Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	137% 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	78.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '17 at 04:00
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 145 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 803 79% 645 Pts	64-Core 801 50% 801 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2975 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 219 Parallax 203 156% 204 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 186 Splatting 143 127% 156 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 292GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 285 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 797 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 48 (A3) Unknown 100 100 531 (94) Unknown 100 100 65971 (95) Unknown 100 100 1044 (96) Unknown 100 100 871 (97) Unknown 100 100 1015 (A4) Unknown 100 100 19069 (A5) Unknown 100 100 48 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 14 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35330940010521 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 127662 (F2) Unknown 100 100 121852 (F5) Unknown 100 100 225252 (F6) Unknown 100 100 263884 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	78.6% Very good	Read 490 Write 249 Mixed 268 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 22.8 113% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 14.9 69% 158 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 95%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8719 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 107 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 344 (0A) Spinup retry count 102 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 107 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 388 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 150324903966 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 208 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 628 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	98.6% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 161 Mixed 163 127% 168 MB/s	4K Read 4.01 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.31 243% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 109%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 91GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6846 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 799 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 1685 (0A) Spinup retry count 115 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 798 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 14 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1388 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 180389675042 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 97 97 1469 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 297 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	76.8% Very good	Read 151 Write 117 Mixed 127 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.25 109% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D4-2400-MR 2x8GB 3,744 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 24.2 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 25.7 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 85%

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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