Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	100% 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	225% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '18 at 00:13
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 147 2-Core 292 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 582 8-Core 572 77% 577 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C304) ≥ 4GB; GeForce® GTX 1070 Ti DUKE 8G CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 141 Parallax 119 106% 130 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 124 Splatting 106 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 565 324 312 290 281 279 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 1,805 Write 1,439 Mixed 553 SusWrite 342 229% 1,035 MB/s	4K Read 56.1 4K Write 201 4K Mixed 60.7 269% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,083 DQ Write 1,240 DQ Mixed 758 683% 1,027 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 236%
OCZ Trion 100 480GB-$139 1,753 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 333GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 285 214 282 288 283 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 518 Write 481 Mixed 355 SusWrite 297 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 43.5 164% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 197 188% 295 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 90%
Apple HDD HTS545050A7E362 500GB 4,646 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 403GB free Firmware: GG2AB990 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 102 106 107 108 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 100 Write 99.3 Mixed 37.9 SusWrite 106 62% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBR2 BLS8G4D240FSB.16FARG 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 28.7 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 26.4 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 88%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	643x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	428x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	127x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	125x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	40x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $445

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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