Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	113% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	May 16 '17 at 18:05
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	79%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 249 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 647 67% 538 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Lighting 51.6 Reflection 48.1 Parallax 42.6 42% 47.5 fps	MRender 40.1 Gravity 44 Splatting 38.8 33% 41 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 723GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6396 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 18 (B1) Unknown 99 99 25 (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 63 62 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13587579979	113% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 497 Mixed 517 114% 511 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 28.7 160% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 28.2 107% 236 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 700GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 151 151 11408 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 192 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6378 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (10) Unknown 10 190 187990568103 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 182 (C2) HDA temperature 116 111 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	79.7% Very good	Read 139 Write 138 Mixed 132 103% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.18 114% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 1,481 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.1% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 23.5 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 21.1 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 136%

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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 $195Bench 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 $139Bench 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	68x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	40x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16