Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.1% 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	175% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 05 '21 at 09:15
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 128 2-Core 253 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 665 68% 550 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 853F) CLim: 1450 MHz, MLim: 1757 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.1% Average	Lighting 59.9 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 61.8 49% 63.8 fps	MRender 69.7 Gravity 61.3 Splatting 54.2 50% 61.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 262GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.8 80 900 924 919 922 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 1,429 Write 926 Mixed 886 SusWrite 625 215% 966 MB/s	4K Read 56.6 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 68.1 246% 87.6 MB/s	DQ Read 52.5 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 66.8 56% 80 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 242%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 466GB free Firmware: 01.01S01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 132 132 132 133 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 138 Write 128 Mixed 96.9 SusWrite 132 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 76%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 404GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 179 179 179 179 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 174 Mixed 111 SusWrite 179 120% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 1.7 345% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%
WD WD2002FYPS-01U1B0 2TB 7,087 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1TB free Firmware: 04.01G01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 93 90 91 94 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 101 Write 99.5 Mixed 85.2 SusWrite 92.1 70% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 169% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 63%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 32GB 1,935 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 20GB free, PID c75c, lexar 32gb Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 29.8 Mixed 7.5 16% 18.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Mixed 0 32% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 5% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 5,939 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 27.4 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 23.1 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 102%

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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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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	643x
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 $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	125x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	40x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $445

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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