Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49% 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	47.8% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '17 at 21:30
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (47^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 84 1-Core 126 2-Core 234 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 527 70% 526 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49% Average	Lighting 60.6 Reflection 65.2 Parallax 57.8 49% 61.2 fps	MRender 70.5 Gravity 57.8 Splatting 51.4 48% 59.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 106GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4502858 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 -17111149694594 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1565 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 47 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4502858 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4502858 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4502858 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 917 (EA) Unknown 0 0 977 (F1) Unknown 0 0 977 (F2) Unknown 0 0 717	72.6% Very good	Read 493 Write 145 Mixed 215 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 20 128% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 41.5 62% 117 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 82%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11625 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1540 (B1) Unknown 92 92 90 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 60 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 44 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25694047958	47.8% Average	Read 371 Write 55.3 Mixed 115 39% 180 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 47.7 4K Mixed 8.77 74% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 66.6 DQ Mixed 10.8 56% 135 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 322GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 135445328 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3514 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 55 12899784401 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12605 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1562 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 72 62 9077850140 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 74149 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 -140737488355300 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -124133144785172 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13656883358 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14381817678	72.4% Very good	Read 129 Write 123 Mixed 130 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.23 70% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.8% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 25.6 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 21.9 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 89%

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Typical Z170-AR Builds (Compare 1,419 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	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 $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 $295	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