Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	49.8% 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	106% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '17 at 12:20
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 264 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 509 69% 513 Pts	64-Core 479 30% 479 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 853F) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.8% Average	Lighting 61.3 Reflection 67 Parallax 59.8 50% 62.7 fps	MRender 73.7 Gravity 57 Splatting 53.7 49% 61.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3282 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 381 (B1) Unknown 93 93 140 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 59 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 31 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26929055216	106% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 357 Mixed 389 93% 419 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 42.2 163% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 103 136% 248 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 115%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 3TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 87392024 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 167 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8372934 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1214 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 168 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 64 437780506 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10916 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 81604378650 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -54189602373040 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8034970192 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23686308809	93.3% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 154 Mixed 155 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.23 74% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x4GB 16,490 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	76.7% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 22.6 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 23.3 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 98%

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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 1,428 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	647x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	430x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	99x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	127x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	40x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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