Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24.3% 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)
Boot Drive	86.7% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '22 at 03:22
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 79 1-Core 128 2-Core 229 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 708 68% 558 Pts	64-Core 737 46% 737 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 31.0.101.2112 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.63% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 34.8 Parallax 8.4 6% 16.9 fps	MRender 11.3 Gravity 9 Splatting 0.1 5% 6.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.63% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Zotac(19DA 1376) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.3% Poor	Lighting 30 Reflection 35.9 Parallax 30.5 24% 32.1 fps	MRender 34.9 Gravity 28.9 Splatting 25.8 24% 29.9 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshib THNSNS120GBSP 120GB 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: TA5ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 185 184 184 201 193 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	86.7% Excellent	Read 397 Write 241 Mixed 281 SusWrite 187 62% 276 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 44.8 161% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 179 145% 205 MB/s

WDC WD60EZAZ-00SF3B0 6TB 3,395 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 621GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 130 130 128 129 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	23.1% Poor	Read 139 Write 143 Mixed 113 SusWrite 129 30% 131 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 12.3 4K Mixed 1.1 35% 10.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1.2 DQ Write 10.6 DQ Mixed 0.7 2% 4.17 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 39%
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 53GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 234 239 282 277 283 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 454 Mixed 367 SusWrite 288 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 36.8 130% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 198 187% 292 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 101%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 359GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 125 126 123 126 123 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 55% Great: 104%
Toshib HDWE160 6TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 137 134 134 137 134 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75.6% Very good	Read 128 Write 131 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 135 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 246% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.8FARG 2x4GB 1,002 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 13.6 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 82.5 48% 82.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 88%

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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	647x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	430x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	99x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	127x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	127x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	90x
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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	81x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	40x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16