Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	152% 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

2 years ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '22 at 14:51
Run Duration	433 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (40^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 252 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 676 67% 547 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.101.1960 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7% Terrible	Lighting 7.7 Reflection 9.5 Parallax 9.1 6% 8.77 fps	MRender 10.3 Gravity 7.3 Splatting 12.4 8% 10 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV101H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 870 761 858 599 743 727 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 986 Write 747 Mixed 624 SusWrite 760 175% 779 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 60.1 4K Mixed 38.3 138% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 977 DQ Write 90.4 DQ Mixed 176 219% 414 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 230%
Spcc Solid State Disk 1TB 17,192 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 553GB free Firmware: T0722A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 141 73 174 62 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 445 Write 367 Mixed 316 SusWrite 130 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 36.2 4K Mixed 20.2 81% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 52.5 DQ Mixed 37.4 47% 85.9 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 101%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 105GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 278 294 268 297 271 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 425 Write 421 Mixed 354 SusWrite 286 84% 372 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 34.7 4K Mixed 37.5 132% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 49.6 DQ Mixed 129 114% 180 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 84.3% 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: 486 280 280 280 246 280 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 1,262 Write 974 Mixed 368 SusWrite 309 161% 728 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 41.9 4K Mixed 46.8 136% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 626 DQ Write 48.7 DQ Mixed 106 135% 260 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 244%
Spcc Solid State Disk 1TB 17,192 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 408GB free Firmware: T0722A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 97 6.8 207 54 6.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 436 Write 370 Mixed 344 SusWrite 111 70% 315 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 28.2 4K Mixed 18.9 84% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 59.5 DQ Mixed 34.6 41% 74.1 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 101%
SanDisk Cruzer 8GB 5,405 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 4.3 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.3 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Read 17.5 Write 3.3 Mixed 7.2 SusWrite 4.4 9% 8.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 2.6 169% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 13%

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 @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 27.4 88% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 27.4 78% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 95%

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	643x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	427x
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	126x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	125x

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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	80x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	40x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $450

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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