Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.2% 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	80.3% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '17 at 04:36
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 227 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 669 67% 544 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 04FB) CLim: 1330 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.4.3 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.2% Average	Lighting 58 Reflection 65.5 Parallax 79.1 47% 67.5 fps	MRender 67.2 Gravity 62.2 Splatting 56.4 50% 61.9 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13856 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1242 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 56 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 140 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7483468825	80.3% Excellent	Read 510 Write 339 Mixed 344 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 69.1 4K Mixed 20.5 126% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 43.9 DQ Write 67.9 DQ Mixed 20.6 26% 44.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 118%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 138GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 166 Write 180 Mixed 349 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 24.8 148% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 521 DQ Mixed 24.2 122% 268 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 157%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 353GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 226 173 5675 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3132 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6347 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 687 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7466 (C2) HDA temperature 109 108 43 (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	77.3% Very good	Read 137 Write 133 Mixed 124 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.15 82% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 100%
WDC WD40 EZRZ-00GXCB0 4TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2.5TB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Read 39.4 Write 36.8 Mixed 38 49% 38.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.28 96% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2720 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 35.5 MC Mixed 28.4 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 37.6 SC Mixed 27.6 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 97%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	644x
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 $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	126x

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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	81x
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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $450

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16