Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.3% 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	207% 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	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '21 at 10:21
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 258 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 678 70% 562 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.5% 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	49.3% Average	Lighting 60.2 Reflection 69.5 Parallax 61.9 49% 63.9 fps	MRender 69.1 Gravity 61.4 Splatting 54.4 50% 61.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.3% 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% 266GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 916 924 917 924 147 48 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,432 Write 916 Mixed 886 SusWrite 646 216% 970 MB/s	4K Read 59.8 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 78.4 275% 99.1 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 881 DQ Mixed 99.8 213% 414 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 242%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 466GB free Firmware: 01.01S01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 133 133 134 134 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 139 Write 130 Mixed 101 SusWrite 133 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 76%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 404GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 179 177 179 180 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 180 Mixed 112 SusWrite 179 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.7 348% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%
WD WD2002FYPS-01U1B0 2TB 7,087 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1TB free Firmware: 04.01G01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 94 92 93 94 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 95.8 Write 96.4 Mixed 87.2 SusWrite 92.6 69% 93 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.7 168% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 63%

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 way above expectations (88^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 27.7 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 41.5 SC Mixed 30.4 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 97.4% 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%

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 $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 $40Bench 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 $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