Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 134% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	156% 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	78.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '21 at 11:10
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 (89^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 238 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 718 70% 576 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 8675) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	156% Outstanding	Lighting 209 Reflection 200 Parallax 230 170% 213 fps	MRender 262 Gravity 208 Splatting 171 170% 214 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 15GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 506 Write 460 Mixed 369 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 67.1 228% 82.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 355 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Crucial M550 256GB-$152 8,333 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 91 71 79 45 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 459 Write 93.4 Mixed 144 SusWrite 78.1 42% 194 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 39.4 146% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 85.8 DQ Mixed 115 116% 195 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 113%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$250 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 226GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 484 487 488 465 366 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 494 Mixed 471 SusWrite 463 110% 486 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 65.9 225% 81.9 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.7 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 25.4 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 103%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	643x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	426x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	95x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	126x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	124x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	89x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	88x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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