Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.4% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	51.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	8.2 Days
Run Date	May 28 '21 at 01:42
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 105 2-Core 207 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 403 55% 411 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3753) CLim: 1450 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Lighting 24.1 Reflection 20.6 Parallax 23.3 20% 22.7 fps	MRender 26.6 Gravity 25.9 Splatting 18.9 19% 23.8 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 621GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 111 115 121 116 105 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 190 Write 160 Mixed 113 SusWrite 111 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 211% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 853GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 142 144 143 141 143 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 144 Write 112 Mixed 29 SusWrite 142 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.9 351% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 347GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 152 149 152 154 153 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 148 Write 100 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 152 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 860GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 23 21 22 22 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 104 Write 97 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 22 56% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 76%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 7.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 178 181 180 180 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 190 Write 200 Mixed 121 SusWrite 176 231% 172 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 98%
WD Elements 25A1 5TB 311 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4.5TB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 115 115 114 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 65.5 Write 110 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 113 130% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 8.2 4K Mixed 0.7 307% 3.37 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 11.5 DQ Mixed 0.5 410% 4.13 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL18-22-22 D4-3600 4x16GB 218 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	84.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 29.3 88% 31 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 21.8 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 139%

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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