Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.4% 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	64.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '18 at 00:20
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (53^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-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 85.8 1-Core 119 2-Core 241 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 668 72% 571 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 115 Parallax 102 92% 110 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 104 Splatting 83.7 77% 94.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 351 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 352 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 12 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 55 193274445857 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3596468514 (F7) Unknown 100 100 112723896 (F8) Unknown 100 100 48151002 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1266 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	64.2% Good	Read 474 Write 297 Mixed 317 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 13.5 86% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 63.8 DQ Mixed 13.3 19% 34.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 95%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 106GB free Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 1,920 Write 905 Mixed 1,121 289% 1,315 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 28 174% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 46.7 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 181 110% 116 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 50349864 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3177 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11413406 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 6006 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1791 (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 69 60 521273375 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 259 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28955 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 38654705695 (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 129549098552689 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11170832161 (F2) Unknown 100 253 163620675792	75% Very good	Read 137 Write 124 Mixed 125 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.19 61% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 114%
WD 15EARS External 1.5TB 277 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 564GB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 33.9 Write 32.4 Mixed 15 33% 27.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.12 63% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182 7,414 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2187 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.4 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 22.2 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 101%

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Typical Z170-AR Builds (Compare 1,420 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	644x
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 $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	126x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	81x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	40x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $443

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16