Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	91.8% 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	91.1% 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	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '17 at 19:05
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 150 2-Core 280 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 594 79% 593 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2024 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 120 Parallax 101 95% 113 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 106 Splatting 106 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 88%
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.3% Above average	Lighting 65.4 Reflection 73.3 Parallax 65.2 53% 68 fps	MRender 74.9 Gravity 65.5 Splatting 58.3 53% 66.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 106GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8650 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1944 (B1) Unknown 94 94 122 (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 75 57 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 26 (EB) Unknown 99 99 78 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25352685224	119% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 413 Mixed 421 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 47.7 193% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 107 140% 255 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 115%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$42 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4173 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 652 (B1) Unknown 85 85 71 (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 69 55 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 93 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29590429842	91.1% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 273 Mixed 275 76% 347 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 74.5 4K Mixed 30.7 142% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 70.4 107% 207 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3000-MR 2x8GB 3,342 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 29.7 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 40.2 SC Mixed 30.6 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 49.1 81% 49.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%

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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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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