Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.6% 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	56.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '21 at 23:24
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 115 2-Core 229 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 465 56% 430 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 114 Parallax 104 92% 110 fps	MRender 93.6 Gravity 105 Splatting 99.4 82% 99.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 80 80 80 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 439 Write 79.5 Mixed 104 SusWrite 78.3 38% 175 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 19.8 87% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 90.5 DQ Mixed 95 91% 148 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 94%
Seagate ST2000NX0403 2TB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: TN05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 130 132 132 132 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 132 Write 128 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 131 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 1 257% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G32C16U4B.M8FE1 2x8GB 9,178 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 42 MC Mixed 30.1 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 28 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%

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Typical Z170-AR Builds (Compare 1,429 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	647x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	431x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	99x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	127x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	127x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	40x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $450

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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