Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.3% 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	55.3% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '22 at 07:51
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 (49^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 86.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 228 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 654 66% 533 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3050-$230 43,922 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Asus(1043 887C); asus 3050 OC CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.59 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.3% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 83.8 Parallax 99.8 83% 95.2 fps	MRender 84 Gravity 72.8 Splatting 65.9 60% 74.2 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 1 Volume 240GB 600 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 61 63 93 93 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 366 Write 162 Mixed 216 SusWrite 80.8 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 67.7 4K Mixed 23 90% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 162 126% 175 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 117%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 16TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 10TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 23 22 23 26 29 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	18.6% Very poor	Read 307 Write 21.2 Mixed 115 SusWrite 24.5 25% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 30.1 4K Mixed 0.1 18% 10.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1 DQ Write 2.1 DQ Mixed 1.4 1% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.9% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.7 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 18.2 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 90%

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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 1,430 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 $94Bench 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: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	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