Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	189% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '18 at 19:04
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 as expected (57^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 231 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 682 66% 543 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K2200-$440 13,860 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Nvidia(10DE 1097) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.16 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 22.4 Reflection 16.5 Parallax 19.5 18% 19.5 fps	MRender 24.1 Gravity 22.8 Splatting 16.3 17% 21.1 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 17%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 204 208 187 208 228 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	189% Outstanding	Read 1879 Write 388 Mixed 532 SusWrite 239 164% 760 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 56.2 218% 82.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,216 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 447 400% 634 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 189% Great: 283%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 233GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,230 Write 7,395 Mixed 7,396 1,712% 7,674 MB/s	4K Read 728 4K Write 311 4K Mixed 415 1,800% 485 MB/s	DQ Read 1,765 DQ Write 1,253 DQ Mixed 1,318 1,036% 1,445 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 130 135 137 137 136 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 164 Write 160 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 135 90% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 107%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 5GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 53 57 59 58 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 63 Write 60.5 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 56.3 42% 56.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 60%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 57GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 58 23 25 27 24 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 129 Write 54.7 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 35.9 82% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.7 149% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.6 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 22.7 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 119%

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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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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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	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 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $464

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 $179	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