Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	48.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	112% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '17 at 01:00
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 142 2-Core 288 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 789 80% 648 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% MSI(1462 2960) 3GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	48.2% Average	Lighting 57.7 Reflection 53.2 Parallax 75.4 47% 62.1 fps	MRender 70.1 Gravity 69.2 Splatting 50.4 50% 63.3 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q 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 99 99 1038 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 822 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 51 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 121 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9444693130	112% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 418 Mixed 417 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 36.7 176% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 26.9 96% 212 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 747GB free Firmware: SC12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 206748160 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 225 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 14021551 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1299 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 226 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 75 56 421003289 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 227 (C2) HDA temperature 25 44 68719476761 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	88.6% Excellent	Read 156 Write 153 Mixed 116 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.19 91% 1 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 444GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 114072539 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14557 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 220852779 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 6008 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7274 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 14 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 56 437846042 (C2) HDA temperature 26 44 64424509466 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 26 114072539 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 75376676069539 (F1) Unknown 100 253 819216191 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2980143728	66.9% Good	Read 114 Write 119 Mixed 88.6 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.62 124% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 38,955 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	89.2% Excellent	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 24.4 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 28.7 84% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 91%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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