Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	99.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151022
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '16 at 02:37
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 506 68% 505 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6175 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Lighting 68.6 Reflection 71.4 Parallax 63.3 56% 67.8 fps	MRender 74.7 Gravity 63.9 Splatting 57 52% 65.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 390GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3743 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 38 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 73 64 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 14 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3281564740	99.4% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 414 Mixed 419 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 29.7 164% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 48.1 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 116 91% 120 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 134%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 731GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 11 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 69 9234 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3267 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23705 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 365 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 60 176093986841 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 3 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3639	77.9% Very good	Read 116 Write 155 Mixed 117 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.39 118% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 75%
WDC WD30 EFRX-68EUZN0 3TB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1.5TB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 113 Write 117 Mixed 106 144% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.22 83% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 58%
TOSHIBA DT01ACA300 3TB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1.5TB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 129 Write 127 Mixed 76.9 138% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.21 86% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 52%
90 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 14GB free, PID 5200, Microcenter USB 3.0 16GB Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 73.1 Write 9.58 Mixed 11.9 28% 31.5 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 0.06 4K Mixed 0.08 44% 3.53 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 36%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 26.1 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.6 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.1% 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	427x
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	126x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	125x

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 $45Bench 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 $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