Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '19 at 23:22
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 487 67% 500 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 141 Parallax 133 101% 133 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 128 Splatting 107 91% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 313GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 409 460 469 397 405 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 468 Mixed 448 SusWrite 414 103% 460 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 58.5 198% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 292 239% 340 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 125%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 930GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 150 134 146 149 155 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 155 Write 148 Mixed 32 SusWrite 147 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata 2x4GB 13,050 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2263 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 22.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 23.2 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 73.8% 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 1,416 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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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