Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	94.2% 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	134% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150831
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	May 16 '19 at 08:44
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	62%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^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 below expectations (6^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 76.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 201 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 462 50% 399 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.2% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 127 Parallax 122 98% 123 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 120 Splatting 97.3 87% 107 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 471 532 528 531 505 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 1,078 Write 816 Mixed 605 SusWrite 509 168% 752 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 35.5 132% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 612 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 368 291% 415 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 68GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 256 340 353 337 342 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 395 Write 394 Mixed 352 SusWrite 312 82% 363 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 70 4K Mixed 39.5 130% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 354 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 421GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 261 344 355 341 346 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 426 Write 407 Mixed 357 SusWrite 316 85% 377 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 39.4 132% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 346 264% 357 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 134%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 766GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 117 118 118 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 125 Write 116 Mixed 97.3 SusWrite 116 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 116 119 117 117 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 117 Write 112 Mixed 63 SusWrite 118 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 144% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GB-$210 3,970 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	68.1% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.8 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 12.6 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 86.8 46% 86.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 110%

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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 $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