Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	167% 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	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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '20 at 21:22
Run Duration	287 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 83.3 1-Core 129 2-Core 227 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 675 69% 556 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 8618) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 77.9 Reflection 78.6 Parallax 68.2 64% 74.9 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 73 Splatting 75.3 60% 73.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 220GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV101H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 912 907 893 890 912 798 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 1,021 Write 946 Mixed 575 SusWrite 885 192% 857 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 63.4 4K Mixed 40.3 146% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,112 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 214 256% 478 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 230%
Spcc Solid State Disk 1TB 17,192 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 551GB free Firmware: T0722A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 317 319 319 329 319 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 484 Write 369 Mixed 348 SusWrite 319 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 48.3 4K Mixed 18.1 85% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 85.4 DQ Mixed 32.2 46% 86.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 101%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 93GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 288 287 284 296 285 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 432 Mixed 355 SusWrite 295 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 60.4 208% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 20,095 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 125GB free Firmware: 005C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 298 278 278 279 279 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 1,252 Write 943 Mixed 397 SusWrite 309 160% 725 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 52.6 4K Mixed 53.2 151% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 674 DQ Write 76.5 DQ Mixed 147 165% 299 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 244%
Spcc Solid State Disk 1TB 17,192 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 632GB free Firmware: T0722A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 314 315 317 328 317 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 489 Write 379 Mixed 349 SusWrite 316 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 36.3 4K Mixed 17.5 79% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 56.8 DQ Mixed 34 43% 80.3 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 101%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$80 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 131GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 47 48 46 47 48 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	27.4% Poor	Read 48.1 Write 46.9 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 46.9 32% 44 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 41%
Kingston DataTraveler SE9 8GB 1,239 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.2 2.7 2.2 3.4 3.2 3.2 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	4.49% Terrible	Read 18.1 Write 10.3 Mixed 10.7 SusWrite 2.8 13% 10.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 23% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.49% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 25.7 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 31.8 SC Mixed 25 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 95%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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