Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '17 at 18:56
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

Watch Gameplay: 1060-6GB + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 149 2-Core 299 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 591 8-Core 591 79% 591 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2175 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Lighting 86.2 Reflection 82.7 Parallax 70.2 70% 79.7 fps	MRender 76 Gravity 76.1 Splatting 75 62% 75.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2719 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 437 (B1) Unknown 98 98 24 (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 62 53 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 299 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11188726127
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Microsoft Virtual Disk 70.5TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 65.5TB free Firmware: 1.0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.2% Good	Read 115 Write 97.9 Mixed 63.7 68% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.51 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.31 115% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 67GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 210032928 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3762 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 8970652043 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16716 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2680 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65562 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 71 39 13293445644317 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 804 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17872 (C2) HDA temperature 29 61 -140737488355299 (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 93849330398271 (F1) Unknown 100 253 54892765590 (F2) Unknown 100 253 70578147991	101% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 174 Mixed 132 121% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.33 98% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 63GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 457 (03) Spinup time 184 178 1791 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4506 (05) Reallocated sector count 185 185 647 (07) Seek error rate 200 197 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10944 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2546 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 5142624 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1137 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 164 164 109391 (C2) HDA temperature 118 89 2038557 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 232 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (FE) Unknown 1 1 902	40.1% Average	Read 75.1 Write 64.5 Mixed 61 50% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.11 52% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 63%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 117 Write 101 Mixed 32.9 98% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.08 43% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 59%
Toshiba External USB HDD 320GB 349 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 3GB free, PID a004 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 36.2 Write 35.7 Mixed 35.1 46% 35.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.25 62% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 2666 C16 Series 2x8GB 2,053 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2662 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 35.3 MC Mixed 26 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 35.1 SC Mixed 27.7 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 90%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z170-AR Builds (Compare 1,418 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 $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	427x
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	126x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	125x

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 $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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $450

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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