Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% 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	69.4% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 30 '17 at 00:06
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 539 8-Core 799 83% 669 Pts	64-Core 797 49% 797 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 210 Parallax 209 148% 200 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 186 Splatting 130 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 40GB free Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2639 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 478 (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 64 49 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 39 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4232243385	121% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 414 Mixed 422 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 51 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 45.3 201% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 115 142% 252 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 134%
Sandis SP128G 128GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: X230 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 8411 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1586 (A6) Unknown 100 100 54 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 292 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 171 (AE) Unknown 100 100 169 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 41 176094511139 (D4) Unknown 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1350 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 22343 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7568 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8586 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	69.4% Good	Read 421 Write 115 Mixed 187 52% 241 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 21 127% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 81 DQ Mixed 37.2 68% 140 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 83%
Barracuda XT 4TB 539 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 71GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 147219589 (03) Spinup time 98 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 77 77 23659 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 92 60 1773632411 (09) Power-on hours count 100 89 58 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 96 1214 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 21475164493 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 54 31 -32224364855250 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 14416 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23755 (C2) HDA temperature 46 69 -140737488355282 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 4 147219589 (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 -79478369802358 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20385668711 (F2) Unknown 100 253 24810347233	55% Above average	Read 64.8 Write 127 Mixed 112 77% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.57 126% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 101%
WD WD7500AZEX-00RKK 750GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 34GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 171 2166 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3228 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8531 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1583 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 175 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3052 (C2) HDA temperature 106 97 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71.2% Very good	Read 118 Write 129 Mixed 115 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 2.83 4K Mixed 0.31 131% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 2800 C16 Series 2x8GB 737 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 21.9 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 98%

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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	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 $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: 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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