Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '18 at 22:49
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 688 73% 585 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 116 Parallax 108 86% 110 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 96.2 Splatting 101 81% 98.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 83GB free Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 384 451 451 447 440 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 427 Mixed 408 SusWrite 431 98% 433 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 57.8 190% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 296 235% 326 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 125%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,711 Write 1,382 Mixed 501 264% 1,198 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 52.1 212% 80 MB/s	DQ Read 1,061 DQ Write 891 DQ Mixed 654 578% 868 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 538GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 151 149 151 150 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 168 Mixed 89 SusWrite 150 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 109%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 757GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 93 89 92 94 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 86.2 Write 96.7 Mixed 49 SusWrite 92.4 59% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 59%
WD My Book 1230 3TB 7,778 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1.5TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	21.1% Poor	Read 37 Write 36.7 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 37.3 48% 35.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 115% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3000-MR 2x8GB 3,342 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.9% Good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 20 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 20.8 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 101%

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

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Typical Z170-AR Builds (Compare 1,416 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	643x
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	218x
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 $134	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) $39	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