Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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	128% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '18 at 05:46
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 149 2-Core 297 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 544 8-Core 578 74% 561 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2822 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 208 Parallax 204 152% 199 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 194 Splatting 132 123% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 229GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 424 397 426 430 399 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 489 Mixed 356 SusWrite 402 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 63.8 215% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 131%
Toshiba MQ01ABD075 750GB-$40 42,694 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 286GB free Firmware: AX001C SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 78 78 79 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 88 Write 87.3 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 78.4 52% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.M8FADM BLS4G4D240FSA.8FARG BLS4G4D240FSA.M8FADM BLS4G4D240FSA.8FARG 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2500, 2500, 2500, 2500 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	88% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 28.9 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 24.4 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 94%

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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 1,416 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	426x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	95x

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	124x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	89x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	88x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	40x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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