Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 102%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive216% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z170-AR  (all builds)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20160107
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 01 '16 at 05:20
Run Duration105 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 14%

 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
96.4% Outstanding
Memory 96.9
1-Core 145
2-Core 283
97% 175 Pts
4-Core 516
8-Core 786
81% 651 Pts
64-Core 795
49% 795 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 96.4%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
61.4% Good
Lighting 77.4
Reflection 66
Parallax 89.3
63% 77.6 fps
MRender 64
Gravity 63.5
Splatting 80.8
58% 69.4 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 61.4%
Great: 57%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
198GB free
Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
101% Outstanding
Read 520
Write 418
Mixed 422
101% 454 MB/s
4K Read 49.9
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 28.8
173% 64.1 MB/s
DQ Read 50.1
DQ Write 126
DQ Mixed 28.7
39% 68.3 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 101%
Great: 124%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250
97GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
216% Outstanding
Read 2,062
Write 895
Mixed 1,097
296% 1,351 MB/s
4K Read 54.4
4K Write 242
4K Mixed 31.5
251% 109 MB/s
DQ Read 52.8
DQ Write 262
DQ Mixed 32.3
62% 116 MB/s
Poor: 131%
This bench: 216%
Great: 243%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3000-MR 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
102% Outstanding
MC Read 37
MC Write 38.9
MC Mixed 31.7
102% 35.9 GB/s
SC Read 22.1
SC Write 41.1
SC Mixed 30.6
89% 31.3 GB/s
Latency 50.8
79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 102%
Great: 101%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-AR Builds (Compare 1,416 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $455
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