Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.3% 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	114% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151001
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '17 at 05:40
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 146 2-Core 283 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 779 78% 635 Pts	64-Core 779 48% 779 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 99.7 Reflection 113 Parallax 91.9 81% 101 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 91.1 Splatting 99 78% 95.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 SATA M.2 250GB-$90 2,162 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 141GB free Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 75 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 230 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2583 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 50 214749151262 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 354257368 (F7) Unknown 100 100 11098930 (F8) Unknown 100 100 62174481	100% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 378 Mixed 413 97% 439 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 34.4 140% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 66.3 114% 226 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6725 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 470 (B1) Unknown 93 93 144 (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 67 56 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 73 (F1) Unknown 99 99 50785784411	114% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 404 Mixed 408 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 92.2 4K Mixed 47 177% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 122 142% 249 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 196 194 4825 (03) Spinup time 179 169 6025 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 594 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 199 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6500 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 460 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 61320 (C2) HDA temperature 126 118 24 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 115 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	79.4% Very good	Read 157 Write 119 Mixed 138 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.18 96% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 197 197 14001 (03) Spinup time 173 167 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3903 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8792 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1669 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 110 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3802 (C2) HDA temperature 118 93 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 182 182 2935 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 183 183 2910 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 186 186 5798	91.9% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 157 Mixed 152 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.23 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.26 115% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 906GB free Firmware: 9300 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 91.1 Write 91.8 Mixed 89.4 68% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.29 91% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.1% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.4 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 24 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 87%

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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	427x
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 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $464

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16