Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.6% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '21 at 00:01
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$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 (92^nd percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 142 2-Core 264 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 801 76% 629 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.3% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 109 Parallax 101 85% 105 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 102 Splatting 96.7 80% 97.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 73 165 27 61 27 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 635 Write 306 Mixed 392 SusWrite 85.4 78% 355 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 49.2 184% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 176 149% 211 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 107%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 215GB free Firmware: BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 415 454 396 398 398 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 462 Mixed 402 SusWrite 407 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 84.3 4K Mixed 53 162% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 265 226% 331 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 126%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 74GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 76 83 94 96 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 149 Write 116 Mixed 128 SusWrite 88.2 27% 120 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 28.7 130% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 104 84% 121 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 61%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 437GB free Firmware: A750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 50 52 54 54 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 113 Write 35.2 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 52.6 40% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 96% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 226GB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 90 91 88 85 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 129 Write 131 Mixed 69 SusWrite 88.7 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 75%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 751GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 153 159 159 158 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 148 Mixed 120 SusWrite 157 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
KLEVV KD48GU88C-26N190A 2x8GB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2829 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.5% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 14 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 16 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 93%

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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	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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	126x

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 $37Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $443

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16