Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.6% 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	110% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	19.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '19 at 18:19
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 526 71% 529 Pts	64-Core 530 33% 530 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 118 Parallax 115 89% 114 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 101 Splatting 82.4 75% 93.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 138 118 117 113 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 413 Mixed 338 SusWrite 142 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 61.9 215% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 357 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 115%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 647GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 175 176 181 178 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 166 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 176 95% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 154% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 CMK4GX4M1A2400C16 CMK4GX4M1A2400C16 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance (0^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.3% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 21.2 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 84%

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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 1,430 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	647x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	431x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	99x

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

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	90x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	89x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	81x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	40x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16