Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	19.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '19 at 00:30
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 85.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 213 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 424 56% 422 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 6775) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.2% Below average	Lighting 20 Reflection 23.1 Parallax 18.8 16% 20.6 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 129 Splatting 26.1 63% 84 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 489 Write 459 Mixed 197 84% 382 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 27.8 135% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 240 194% 275 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 100%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 357GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 94 102 105 103 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 34.8 Write 68 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 101 45% 61.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 68%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 204GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 80 77 94 81 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 98.7 Write 70 Mixed 85 SusWrite 82.5 63% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.4 97% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 83%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 108GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 84 86 86 85 86 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 132 Write 137 Mixed 73 SusWrite 85.3 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 82%
WD My Book 25EE 6TB 6,646 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 3.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 147 149 149 148 149 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 154 Write 151 Mixed 114 SusWrite 148 192% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 133% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 3x8GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.4% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 15.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 15.5 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.4% 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%

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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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