Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.29% 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	124% 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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '19 at 14:34
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 141 2-Core 281 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 783 79% 640 Pts	64-Core 785 49% 785 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6577 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.29% Terrible	Lighting 8.7 Reflection 12.5 Parallax 8.81 7% 10 fps	MRender 12.7 Gravity 7.67 Splatting 17 11% 12.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.29% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 343GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 489 390 373 364 371 375 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 484 Mixed 379 SusWrite 394 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 60.3 204% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%
Toshiba THNSNH128GBST 128GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 70GB free Firmware: HTRAN101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 92 93 93 95 93 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 13% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 153GB free Firmware: SD15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 33 34 34 34 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	Read 62.6 Write 8.7 Mixed 17.4 SusWrite 33.6 22% 30.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 767GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 40 40 40 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 97.1 Write 39 Mixed 43 SusWrite 39.7 40% 54.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.7 120% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	85.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 27 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 26.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 88%

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Gaming 69%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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