Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	47.6% 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	108% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150831
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 18 '18 at 16:07
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (48^th 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 83.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 262 86% 158 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 491 66% 492 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2981) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.6% Average	Lighting 57.9 Reflection 57.8 Parallax 47.5 47% 54.4 fps	MRender 66.1 Gravity 60 Splatting 54 48% 60 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11059 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1438 (B1) Unknown 94 94 117 (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 68 45 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 85 (F1) Unknown 99 99 54672176528	108% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 401 Mixed 410 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 41.7 162% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 99.2 129% 234 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 17GB free Firmware: 5.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 107 15093503 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -116994909124831 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2905 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 372 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 50 51542884379 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 15093503 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 15093503 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 15093503 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12644 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13410 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13410 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19788	74.6% Very good	Read 503 Write 160 Mixed 224 64% 296 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 19 128% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 42.7 68% 130 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 83%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 162 6858 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 181 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1889 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 181 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12667 (C2) HDA temperature 126 106 24 (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	77.5% Very good	Read 148 Write 122 Mixed 117 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 0.46 4K Mixed 0.25 74% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 758GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 128990584 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2521 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 131599717 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17021 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2955 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295098370 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 48 470876185 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 302 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 269016 (C2) HDA temperature 25 52 55834574873 (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 -41205916225097 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -66244979650562 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23003124260715	92.2% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 157 Mixed 145 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.26 79% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 1x8GB 1,558 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.8% Below average	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 10.8 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 9.1 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 43%

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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	642x
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	217x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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