Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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	207% 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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '18 at 01:04
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 583 8-Core 582 78% 582 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.1% 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 CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 151 Parallax 136 114% 143 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 135 Splatting 112 96% 117 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 106% 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% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 563 307 303 299 293 286 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1678 Write 1,463 Mixed 488 SusWrite 342 220% 993 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 198 4K Mixed 48.8 217% 93.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,166 DQ Write 1,264 DQ Mixed 924 776% 1,118 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 236%
OCZ Trion 100 480GB-$139 1,753 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 332GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 225 256 285 278 282 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 467 Write 441 Mixed 368 SusWrite 295 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 33.8 142% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 194 187% 293 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 90%
Apple HDD HTS545050A7E362 500GB 4,646 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 173GB free Firmware: GG2AB990 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 82 84 84 84 83 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 88.8 Write 85.8 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 83.4 52% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 105% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.4% 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 31.5 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 29 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 26.5 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z170-AR Builds (Compare 1,424 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	646x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	429x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	97x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	127x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	126x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	90x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	89x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	81x
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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $452

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16