Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	66.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150831
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '17 at 05:39
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 150 2-Core 298 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 584 8-Core 584 78% 584 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6284) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 157 Reflection 158 Parallax 137 128% 151 fps	Gravity 152 Splatting 118 117% 135 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2201000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 10 100 266 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1112 (A6) Unknown 100 100 178 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 229 (A9) Unknown 100 100 197 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 225 (AE) Unknown 100 100 153 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 100 201863462944 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 18223 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3663 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4398	66.4% Good	Read 514 Write 169 Mixed 259 69% 314 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 3.93 102% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 3.85 49% 116 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 71%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 817GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 84 (03) Spinup time 135 135 38684787149 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 472 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 25177 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 471 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 574 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 574 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 176094642210 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 40% Great: 82%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 817GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 88 (03) Spinup time 131 131 38685901277 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 472 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 24811 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 472 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 519 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 519 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 244814250018 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 40% Great: 82%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$29 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 736GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12897026230 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1200 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 108 108 37 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4881 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1074 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1261 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1261 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 154619936798 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	73.3% Very good	Read 136 Write 120 Mixed 164 106% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.17 64% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FARG BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD BLS4G4D240FSB.8FARG BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 16GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 28.1 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 32.7 SC Mixed 26.3 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 90%

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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	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