Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	8.01% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '22 at 03:41
Run Duration	267 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 137 2-Core 237 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 614 65% 522 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.7% Excellent	Lighting 99.5 Reflection 114 Parallax 102 81% 105 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 111 Splatting 98.7 83% 101 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 12 12 11 11 12 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	8.01% Terrible	Read 47 Write 19.9 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 11.8 6% 26.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 5.3 17% 5.07 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 8.01% Great: 73%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 221GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 56 55 52 48 54 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 555 Write 51.1 Mixed 100 SusWrite 53.7 41% 190 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 9.1 4K Mixed 10.5 39% 11.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 55.3 DQ Mixed 160 132% 199 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 355%
Micron C400 RealSSD 256GB 11,652 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 180GB free Firmware: 07TA SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 9.8 9.9 9.2 8.5 9.6 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	6.56% Terrible	Read 35.4 Write 19.9 Mixed 27.6 SusWrite 9.6 5% 23.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 4 15% 4.4 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 6.56% Great: 69%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 275GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 194GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.4 6.1 6.1 5.7 5.3 7.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 46.6 Write 20 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 6.1 19% 25 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 136% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 110%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 875GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.6 6.2 6.1 5.7 5.3 5.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 45.9 Write 15.7 Mixed 24.6 SusWrite 6 17% 23.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 126% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 31.1 100% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 40.4 SC Mixed 29.2 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 119%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	644x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	126x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	81x
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: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $439

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16