Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	56.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '16 at 12:21
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 745 76% 616 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Lighting 71.1 Reflection 74.1 Parallax 66.2 58% 70.5 fps	MRender 75.7 Gravity 65.8 Splatting 60.7 54% 67.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z220 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 160 100 160 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 244 (A6) Unknown 100 100 406 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 458 (A9) Unknown 100 100 14 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 434 (AE) Unknown 100 100 32 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 100 184683593765 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 14 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 46835 (F1) Unknown 253 253 848 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1449	76.9% Very good	Read 506 Write 201 Mixed 274 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 3.68 134% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 20.1 60% 129 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 78%
WD WD5000LPCX-21VHA 500GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 92GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 147 1350 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 435 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 130 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 541 (C2) HDA temperature 119 103 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	37% Below average	Read 62.2 Write 66.4 Mixed 64.4 49% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.25 89% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 50%
Hitach HTS545025B9A300 250GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 90GB free Firmware: PB2O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 211 211 64424509441 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 18817 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 8315 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4911 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 211 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 184027 (C2) HDA temperature 250 250 188978364438 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 356 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	43.1% Average	Read 72.4 Write 77.7 Mixed 64.4 54% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.32 72% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.8FARG 4x4GB 497 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.3% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 25.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 101%

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Typical Z170-AR Builds (Compare 1,420 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	644x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	428x
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	127x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	126x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	89x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	81x
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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16