Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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	204% 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	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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '20 at 06:02
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 139 2-Core 224 89% 153 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 763 75% 615 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3762) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 192 Parallax 185 149% 187 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 198 Splatting 132 126% 157 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 570 275 263 253 262 240 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	204% Outstanding	Read 1,844 Write 1,231 Mixed 475 SusWrite 310 212% 965 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 53.1 217% 84.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,027 DQ Write 1,040 DQ Mixed 654 596% 907 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 204% Great: 236%
Liteonit S100-064 64GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 59GB free Firmware: VD82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 172 165 181 181 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 404 Write 176 Mixed 209 SusWrite 176 54% 241 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 78.2 4K Mixed 37.2 135% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 165 134% 191 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 78%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 404GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 87 87 87 87 86 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 90.2 Write 79.5 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 86 56% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 6TB (2017)-$87 14,331 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 174 183 182 179 164 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 111 Write 144 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 173 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.8 266% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$37 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 31.3 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 29.9 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 104%

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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 1,420 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	644x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	428x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	127x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	126x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	81x
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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $443

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16