Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150831
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '20 at 05:07
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 145 2-Core 289 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 460 55% 423 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% MSI(1462 372D) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	132% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 174 Parallax 163 148% 173 fps	MRender 206 Gravity 160 Splatting 112 125% 159 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 56 57 53 58 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 366 Write 378 Mixed 303 SusWrite 83.4 63% 283 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 34.9 116% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 334 250% 332 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 122%
Sandisk S3512G 512GB 19,948 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 477GB free Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 376 428 428 426 426 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 451 Mixed 394 SusWrite 404 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 58.1 4K Mixed 36 121% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 290 237% 338 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 119%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 342GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 87 88 73 64 88 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 93.5 Write 97.2 Mixed 96.5 SusWrite 77.6 68% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 250GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 140 142 142 141 142 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 168 Write 120 Mixed 87 SusWrite 141 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 34 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 33.3 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 28.6 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 103%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z170-AR Builds (Compare 1,417 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	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 $177	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