Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	103% 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	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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '21 at 23:08
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 128 2-Core 250 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 694 68% 556 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 866E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 109 Parallax 127 102% 120 fps	MRender 168 Gravity 121 Splatting 102 103% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 333GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 306 308 308 308 309 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 318 Mixed 304 SusWrite 309 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 39.9 160% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 245 210% 309 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 129%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 1TB 13,039 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 651GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 404 399 407 407 408 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 387 Write 388 Mixed 365 SusWrite 404 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 37.6 4K Mixed 28.3 93% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 178 131% 171 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 99%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 22GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 504 Write 486 Mixed 387 102% 459 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 55.1 200% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 174 182% 298 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 83GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 319 315 304 297 312 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 488 Mixed 425 SusWrite 328 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 61.4 211% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 356 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 856GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 158 156 157 158 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 136 Mixed 84.9 SusWrite 157 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 27.8 90% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 37.9 SC Mixed 27.4 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 95%

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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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
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 $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: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $439

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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16