Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	68.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 19 days ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	2.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150804
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 07 '24 at 12:49
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$219 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 101 2-Core 184 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 523 53% 430 Pts	64-Core 573 35% 573 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$212 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.1% Good	Lighting 85.4 Reflection 86.5 Parallax 84.8 70% 85.6 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 64.7 Splatting 71.5 65% 81.5 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 11GB free Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 74 16 19 32 16 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 390 Write 56.6 Mixed 125 SusWrite 36.1 33% 152 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 19.9 97% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 20.2 69% 147 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 71%
Amd-raid WDC WDS100T2G0A- 1TB 2,270 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 221GB free (System drive) Firmware: UH450400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 20 46 35 40 77 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 349 Write 7.5 Mixed 3.5 SusWrite 45 72% 101 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.2 844% 6.9 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 159%
WD WD20EZAZ-00WGYX0 2TB 13,327 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 47GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 44 38 50 67 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Read 51.2 Write 114 Mixed 65.4 SusWrite 51.2 52% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 1 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 69GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 146 148 131 105 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 130 Write 134 Mixed 88.3 SusWrite 129 89% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 109%

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 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 24.5 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 20.8 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 98%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	43	10	75	27"	1280 720	AOC2702 27B2

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Typical Z170-AR Builds (Compare 1,435 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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	648x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	433x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	100x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	219x
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	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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $485

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	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