Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	30.7% 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	46.7% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150707
Uptime	22.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '20 at 11:46
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Memory 44.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 216 64% 123 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 434 58% 432 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.8% 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)	30.7% Below average	Lighting 38.8 Reflection 34.7 Parallax 46.4 32% 40 fps	MRender 30.7 Gravity 34.1 Splatting 39.3 29% 34.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 70 71 67 69 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 121 Write 90.5 Mixed 85.3 SusWrite 70.1 20% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 28.9 108% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 76.9 DQ Mixed 91.8 70% 95.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 73%
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 51GB free Firmware: JE4OA60B SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 62 66 67 67 67 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 66 Write 64 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 65.6 43% 58.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 53%
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 69GB free Firmware: JE4OA60A SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 58 59 59 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	Read 43.7 Write 46 Mixed 30.7 SusWrite 58.9 33% 44.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 29.5% 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	18.1% Very poor	MC Read 6.8 MC Write 5.7 MC Mixed 5.7 17% 6.07 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 6 17% 5.9 GB/s	Latency 182 22% 182 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 25%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z170-AR Builds (Compare 1,416 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	426x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	95x

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	124x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	89x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	88x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	40x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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