Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	21.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '20 at 05:46
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 76.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 237 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 683 68% 552 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 996 Write 969 Mixed 459 179% 808 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 36.3 155% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 627 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 315 259% 382 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 80GB free Firmware: EXM03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 455 457 461 465 463 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 454 Mixed 337 SusWrite 457 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 45.3 163% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 332 256% 350 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Lio-org FILEIO 1TB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 972GB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 76 76 76 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Read 81 Write 63 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 75 16% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 9.3 4K Mixed 5.9 29% 8.77 MB/s	DQ Read 78.8 DQ Write 21.8 DQ Mixed 37.1 31% 45.9 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 29%
Mass Storage Device 64GB 770 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 58GB free, PID 125d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 18 18 18 18 18 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Read 19.7 Write 14.5 Mixed 16.2 SusWrite 17.4 23% 17 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1.7 124% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSB.16FBR 2x16GB 271 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 17.9 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 18 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 87.5 46% 87.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 86%

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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 1,429 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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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 $39Bench 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 $165	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 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16