Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	23.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '18 at 20:12
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 549 73% 548 Pts	64-Core 540 33% 540 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 048F) 2GB CLim: 1188 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.9% Poor	Lighting 28.4 Reflection 32.7 Parallax 34.8 23% 32 fps	MRender 29.8 Gravity 26.1 Splatting 35.3 25% 30.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 977GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 189 171 446 (03) Spinup time 163 152 10841 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1774 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5572 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1619 (10) Unknown 7 193 123072666277 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1728 (C2) HDA temperature 129 104 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 30 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	77.1% Very good	Read 134 Write 135 Mixed 102 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.12 59% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 777GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 172729096 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9333 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 91851032 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7678 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2772 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 15 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 80 61 43286200340 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 45047 (C2) HDA temperature 20 40 -140737488355308 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -76145475187938 (F1) Unknown 100 253 35900098380 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29781790458	76.8% Very good	Read 141 Write 127 Mixed 122 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.26 76% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 114%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 284GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 129004195 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 91 60 1458717820 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 51377 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 539 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 82 50 302907410 (C2) HDA temperature 18 50 51539607570 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 27 129004195 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	57.9% Above average	Read 101 Write 101 Mixed 78.4 70% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.48 102% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 21.1 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 22 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 88%

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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