Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	89.7% 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.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '22 at 14:26
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$115 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 86 1-Core 103 2-Core 219 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 419 55% 415 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 2000 15,855 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Nvidia(10DE 084A) 1GB CLim: 625 MHz, MLim: 652 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.84 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	6% Terrible	Lighting 7 Reflection 9.7 Parallax 6.7 6% 7.8 fps	MRender 9.6 Gravity 7.9 Splatting 7.1 7% 8.2 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon LJH-256V2G-41 M. 256GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3J84 SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 270 182 212 184 187 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	89.7% Excellent	Read 490 Write 277 Mixed 273 SusWrite 217 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 39.8 146% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 41 92% 192 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 87%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$50 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 411GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 134 136 138 137 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 126 Write 79.3 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 136 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.C8FBD1 2x8GB 2,796 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.2 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 20.1 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 88%

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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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Typical Z170-AR Builds (Compare 1,438 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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	649x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	435x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	100x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	222x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	129x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	127x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	90x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	89x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	81x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	40x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $590

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16