Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	11.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	96.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	44GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 44GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	37.1 GB free of 44 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	May 22 '21 at 15:20
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	MDG-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 86.9 2-Core 253 78% 143 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 662 72% 570 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Nvidia(10DE 083D) 1GB CLim: 650 MHz, MLim: 850 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	11.3% Very poor	Lighting 13 Reflection 18.8 Parallax 12.8 11% 14.9 fps	MRender 20.4 Gravity 14.2 Splatting 13.1 13% 15.9 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD7UB3Q2 256GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0501 SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 347 347 347 329 332 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 386 Write 356 Mixed 236 SusWrite 342 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 39.8 154% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 144 151% 247 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 97%
Samsung Spinpoint MP4 2.5" 500GB 1,122 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 75GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 65 66 67 65 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 56.8 Write 36 Mixed 45.3 SusWrite 66.2 38% 51.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 58%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 77GB free Firmware: SC23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 81 80 79 80 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 90.1 Write 96.3 Mixed 52.8 SusWrite 80 59% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 204GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 120 124 124 124 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 115 Write 117 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 123 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 29GB free Firmware: KC66 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 69 69 67 69 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 118 Write 116 Mixed 60.6 SusWrite 68.1 66% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA82GU7CJR8N-VK Kingston 9905622-058.A00G Crucial CT16G4DFD824A.C16FAD Kingston 9905665-023.A00G 44GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	79.7% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 25.3 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 25.6 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 80%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	647x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	431x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	99x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	127x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	127x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	90x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	89x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	81x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	40x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16