Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	106% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

11 days ago, 11 days ago, 11 days ago, 11 days ago, 11 days ago, 11 days ago, 11 days ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	13.3 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 24 '21 at 02:00
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$268 483,301 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 239 87% 151 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 648 70% 546 Pts	64-Core 644 43% 644 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$450 343,626 User benchmarks, average bench 106% Asus(1043 866E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2310 MHz, MLim: 3625 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	54% Above average	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 120 Parallax 138 3% 87 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 135 Splatting 110 114% 140 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 117%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$60 530,736 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 350GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 329 307 305 306 306 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 321 Mixed 303 SusWrite 310 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 41 169% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 248 212% 312 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 130%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 1TB 6,869 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 673GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 399 403 405 405 405 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 387 Write 378 Mixed 360 SusWrite 402 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 40.1 4K Mixed 29.2 95% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 175 123% 157 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 98%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$120 94,865 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 35GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 144 144 144 144 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 478 Mixed 355 SusWrite 171 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 52.6 197% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 171 180% 296 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 109%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 762,576 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 111GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 315 318 320 318 318 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 453 Mixed 380 SusWrite 334 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 64 220% 78.5 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 348 261% 349 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$38 2,294,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 856GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 157 158 158 157 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 129 Mixed 105 SusWrite 158 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$70 91,021 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 28 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 38.4 SC Mixed 29 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 95%

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

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $268Bench 84%, 483,301 samples	850x
Core i5-6600KIntel $188Bench 80%, 307,632 samples	628x
Core i5-6500Intel $176Bench 72%, 184,666 samples	111x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 80%, 1,087,008 samples	381x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 105%, 788,376 samples	210x
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 51%, 656,857 samples	145x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 105%, 762,576 samples	166x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $125Bench 110%, 620,644 samples	155x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $105Bench 113%, 397,638 samples	56x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $73Bench 82%, 483,535 samples	115x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 424,286 samples	73x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $70Bench 77%, 91,021 samples	60x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $771

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $224	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-10400F $148	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-10700K $320	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $49

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16