Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	106% 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	11.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '18 at 03:46
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 (95^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 250 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 776 75% 615 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 193 Parallax 192 146% 188 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 168 Splatting 121 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 143 147 152 149 146 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 450 Mixed 381 SusWrite 180 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 56.5 188% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 356GB free Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 300 301 299 298 294 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 404 Mixed 292 SusWrite 303 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 49.4 163% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 216 195% 298 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB-$67 5,838 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 746GB free Firmware: X61110RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 415 476 480 488 487 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 478 Mixed 332 SusWrite 462 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 43.4 171% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 262 218% 315 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 121%
WD Elements 25A3 6TB 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 169 169 169 169 169 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 172 Write 165 Mixed 128 SusWrite 169 214% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 129% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 107%
WD My Book 1230 3TB 7,778 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 404GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 108 108 108 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 124 Write 126 Mixed 93.3 SusWrite 108 152% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 122% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2473 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 26.4 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 25.3 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 88%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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