Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	128% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '19 at 05:46
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$230 712,312 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 (91^st percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 791 77% 631 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 191 Parallax 173 145% 181 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 178 Splatting 124 115% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 187 74 74 70 76 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 435 Mixed 380 SusWrite 156 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 68.5 236% 86.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 24GB free Firmware: X2306RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 280 262 269 247 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 247 Mixed 215 SusWrite 245 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 36 156% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 124 128% 211 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 91%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 877GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2246 2146 1537 1536 1547 1541 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	376% Outstanding	Read 2,444 Write 2,232 Mixed 1,780 SusWrite 1,759 461% 2,054 MB/s	4K Read 68.7 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 98.6 330% 119 MB/s	DQ Read 1,622 DQ Write 1,439 DQ Mixed 1,517 1,141% 1,526 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 376% Great: 410%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 6.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 188 187 182 189 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 147 Write 108 Mixed 39 SusWrite 188 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 6.9 4K Mixed 0.8 267% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 2800 C16 Series 2x8GB 737 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 29.4 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 28.5 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 98%

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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	643x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	427x
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	126x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	125x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $450

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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