Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics102% 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 Drive95.3% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
2 years ago, 2 years ago.
MotherboardAsus Z170-AR  (all builds)
Memory24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160624
Uptime5.1 Days
Run DateFeb 15 '22 at 17:52
Run Duration239 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 19%
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 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$170
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
84.4% Excellent
Memory 87.1
1-Core 127
2-Core 249
86% 154 Pts
4-Core 440
8-Core 677
69% 558 Pts
64-Core 679
42% 679 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 84.4%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.29
Performing below potential (43rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
102% Outstanding
Lighting 125
Reflection 108
Parallax 124
102% 119 fps
MRender 166
Gravity 121
Splatting 100
102% 129 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 102%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78
151GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS131122
SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 211 95 101 172 172 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
95.3% Outstanding
Read 512
Write 492
Mixed 407
SusWrite 183
89% 399 MB/s
4K Read 33.4
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 42.3
160% 60 MB/s
DQ Read 328
DQ Write 326
DQ Mixed 206
188% 287 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 95.3%
Great: 97%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94
463GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 474 477 484 488 488 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
132% Outstanding
Read 504
Write 487
Mixed 372
SusWrite 480
104% 461 MB/s
4K Read 47
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 62.4
215% 76.4 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 361
271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 132%
Great: 134%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$93
699GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2382 2226 1544 1557 1558 1559 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
361% Outstanding
Read 2,552
Write 2,369
Mixed 1,877
SusWrite 1,804
483% 2,151 MB/s
4K Read 64.7
4K Write 166
4K Mixed 90.5
302% 107 MB/s
DQ Read 1,378
DQ Write 1,077
DQ Mixed 1,191
901% 1,215 MB/s
Poor: 188%
This bench: 361%
Great: 410%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39
920GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 188 189 190 190 189 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
114% Outstanding
Read 209
Write 180
Mixed 73.7
SusWrite 189
119% 163 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 0.9
195% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 114%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBR2 CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBR2 32GB
2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
77.7% Very good
MC Read 27.3
MC Write 30.3
MC Mixed 24.7
78% 27.4 GB/s
SC Read 16.2
SC Write 32.4
SC Mixed 24.7
70% 24.4 GB/s
Latency 70.4
57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 71%
This bench: 77.7%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-AR Builds (Compare 1,438 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $590
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