Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	48.7% 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	80.9% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	17.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '23 at 02:52
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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-$49 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 235 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 390 47% 362 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$226 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Zotac(19DA 4630) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 4000 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 528.24 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (60 fps cap detected)	48.7% Average	Lighting 59.7 Reflection 59.8 Parallax 59.6 49% 59.7 fps	MRender 59.8 Gravity 59.7 Splatting 59.6 49% 59.7 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 189 180 174 168 166 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 446 Write 208 Mixed 245 SusWrite 185 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 31.2 125% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 204 180% 273 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 128%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$90 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 135 139 138 138 142 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 146 Write 140 Mixed 89.3 SusWrite 138 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 CMK8GX4M2B3200C16 CMK8GX4M2B3200C16 24GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.7% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 18.4 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18.4 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 106%

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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 1,453 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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	658x
Core i5-6600KIntel $49Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	439x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	101x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	224x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	129x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	127x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	90x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	81x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	70x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	40x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $574

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