Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.2% 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	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (74%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '20 at 10:33
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	74%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 87.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 240 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 452 61% 453 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 117 Parallax 107 82% 108 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 97.1 Splatting 104 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 320 320 320 309 299 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 470 Mixed 432 SusWrite 323 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 87.4 4K Mixed 53 168% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 16GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 124 128 151 139 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 116 Write 114 Mixed 64.6 SusWrite 126 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 114%
Seagate BUP Fast HDD 4TB 317 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 9409 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 35 39 40 37 38 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 19% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 428GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 105 105 107 104 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 120 Write 95.3 Mixed 71.6 SusWrite 104 72% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,758 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 217GB free, PID 0100 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 75 75 75 75 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 69 Write 71.1 Mixed 31.1 SusWrite 74.8 83% 61.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3333 C16 4x8GB 539 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2186 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 25.4 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 23.1 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 137%

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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 $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 $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