Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.1% 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	67.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '17 at 21:24
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 829 79% 655 Pts	64-Core 843 52% 843 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 121 Parallax 101 91% 111 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12827 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2395 (B1) Unknown 90 90 362 (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 47 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 600 (F1) Unknown 99 99 42954226711	67.7% Good	Read 505 Write 315 Mixed 431 93% 417 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 15 88% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 22.8 DQ Write 89.5 DQ Mixed 14.4 23% 42.3 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 37768472 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3305 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 17236640072 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10973 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2011 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 1011 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 65 52 589496355 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 512 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 37090 (C2) HDA temperature 35 48 51539607587 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 141 8107 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 102671193219549 (F1) Unknown 100 253 47034858675 (F2) Unknown 100 253 61091449221	67% Good	Read 101 Write 133 Mixed 129 92% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.21 60% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 501GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 156156112 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 44 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 874621 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 254 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 45 (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 66 61 572653602 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 113 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 85899345954 (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 44710609551609 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3449227392 (F2) Unknown 100 253 517862755	83.9% Excellent	Read 150 Write 142 Mixed 140 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.18 77% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 31.4 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 41.8 SC Mixed 30.5 91% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 103%

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Typical Z170-AR Builds (Compare 1,419 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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	428x
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	127x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	125x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $445

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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