Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150714
Uptime	10.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '20 at 01:13
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 245 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 502 64% 486 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 142 Parallax 121 106% 131 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 129 Splatting 107 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,097 Write 2,202 Mixed 1448 427% 1,916 MB/s	4K Read 59.8 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 83.7 279% 99 MB/s	DQ Read 1,550 DQ Write 1,238 DQ Mixed 1,368 1,031% 1,385 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 86GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 198 192 195 180 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 459 Mixed 328 SusWrite 218 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 56.1 197% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 215 201% 312 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 376GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 50 74 64 80 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 124 Write 89.3 Mixed 71 SusWrite 68.2 65% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 114%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 16GB-$17 2,906 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 12GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 57 58 59 59 59 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 174 Write 53.5 Mixed 44 SusWrite 57.8 91% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 10.2 4K Mixed 8 657% 9.47 MB/s	DQ Read 12.1 DQ Write 10.7 DQ Mixed 9.4 728% 10.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 81%
Mass Storage Device 64GB 1,817 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 53GB free, PID 1212 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 17 17 17 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 18 Write 16.2 Mixed 16.5 SusWrite 16.4 23% 16.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 3.4 225% 4.13 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.4% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 24.7 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 23.5 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 91%

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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 $40Bench 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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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