Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 35.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	30.8% 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	37% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150707
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '19 at 11:21
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	85%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$146 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	35.3% Below average	Memory 23.8 1-Core 62.5 2-Core 150 39% 78.6 Pts	4-Core 257 8-Core 328 38% 293 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Gigabyte(1458 2272) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.11.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Lighting 39.2 Reflection 33 Parallax 44.3 32% 38.8 fps	MRender 30.3 Gravity 34.2 Splatting 38 28% 34.2 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 78 75 78 81 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	37% Below average	Read 95.7 Write 93.7 Mixed 114 SusWrite 79.3 22% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 15 80% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 85.4 70% 101 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 73%
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 265GB free Firmware: JE4OA60B SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 71 75 74 74 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 68 Write 63.2 Mixed 39.4 SusWrite 72.9 45% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 53%
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 231GB free Firmware: JE4OA60A SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 83 81 84 83 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 63.2 Write 62.7 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 82.5 45% 61 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C15D4/4G Adata DDR4 3000 2OZ KHX2666C15D4/4G 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	15.8% Very poor	MC Read 5.2 MC Write 5.7 MC Mixed 5.5 16% 5.47 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 4.7 15% 5.17 GB/s	Latency 294 14% 294 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 25%

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Typical Z170-AR Builds (Compare 1,420 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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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 $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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16