Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

11 months ago, 11 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 30 '23 at 22:59
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 86.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 246 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 414 53% 399 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6386) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 532.03 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 144 Parallax 145 114% 143 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 143 Splatting 122 104% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 218GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 408 442 465 466 466 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 439 Write 427 Mixed 350 SusWrite 423 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 40 136% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$170 138,083 User benchmarks, average bench 416% 1.5TB free Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2022 2207 2204 2204 2198 1911 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	319% Outstanding	Read 1,920 Write 2,071 Mixed 1,975 SusWrite 2,124 457% 2,022 MB/s	4K Read 54.4 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 73.2 229% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,063 DQ Write 769 DQ Mixed 940 696% 924 MB/s
Poor: 283% ↑ This bench: 319% Great: 526%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 569GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 104 106 104 107 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 166 Write 147 Mixed 94.5 SusWrite 105 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 108%
Seagate GoFlex Turbo 750GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 698GB free, PID 5131 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 103 106 106 110 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 109 Write 102 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 106 114% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR1 2x8GB 2,335 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 24.9 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 22.2 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 79%

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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 1,430 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 $40Bench 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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $40	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