Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 25.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	59.5% 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)
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 (87%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '23 at 14:05
Run Duration	322 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	87%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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-$59 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	25.3% Poor	Memory 25.9 1-Core 82.5 2-Core 106 39% 71.6 Pts	4-Core 135 8-Core 186 20% 160 Pts	64-Core 164 10% 164 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 535.98 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	59.5% Above average	Lighting 79.7 Reflection 96.6 Parallax 90.8 65% 89 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 44.6 Splatting 62.9 49% 59.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Addlink M.2 PCIE G3x4 NVMe 1TB 6,131 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM32.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 435 Write 1735 Mixed 539 206% 903 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 67.4 4K Mixed 41.2 120% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 842 DQ Write 400 DQ Mixed 491 399% 578 MB/s
Poor: 133% Great: 287%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 17GB free Firmware: MU02 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 405 Write 389 Mixed 322 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 72.8 4K Mixed 39.2 132% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 252 217% 320 MB/s
Poor: 69% Great: 113%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$83 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 65GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 96 96 97 96 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 145 Write 134 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 95.7 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 364% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 110%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$60 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 34GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 65 64 65 64 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 69.1 Write 56.4 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 63.6 45% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 76%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 161GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 89 91 91 91 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 82 Write 73.4 Mixed 51.7 SusWrite 89.9 55% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 51%
WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB 3,689 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3GB free Firmware: 03.03V01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 84.7 Write 82.1 Mixed 61.8 57% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 38% Great: 68%
ST325041 0AS 250GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 136GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 50.7 Write 35.8 Mixed 31 SusWrite 38.5 51% 39 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 58% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 18%
WD My Book 25ED 4TB 597 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 115GB free, PID 25ed Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 207 Write 175 Mixed 103 194% 162 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 11 4K Mixed 1 499% 12.2 MB/s	DQ Read 0.6 DQ Write 12.4 DQ Mixed 1.1 461% 4.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G KHX2133C14/8G 16GB 1,977 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1867, 1867 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	41% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 7.4 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 18.6 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 280 14% 280 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 79%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	652x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	437x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	101x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	223x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	129x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	127x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	90x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: 75% - Very good

Total price: $578

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369