Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	120% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '22 at 03:08
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 86.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 252 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 558 68% 522 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.5.1 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 137 Parallax 167 89% 138 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 122 Splatting 92 87% 109 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 451 452 469 450 465 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 342 Write 323 Mixed 375 SusWrite 456 85% 374 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 60.5 201% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 251GB free Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 474 468 480 482 481 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 469 Mixed 367 SusWrite 474 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 41 140% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 338 254% 339 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 235GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 167 168 169 169 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 152 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 168 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.9% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 21.6 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 14.9 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 104%

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

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Typical Z170-AR Builds (Compare 1,418 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	427x
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	126x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	125x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $450

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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