Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	19.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '19 at 04:20
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 515 68% 508 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 115 Parallax 102 88% 108 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 98.3 Splatting 90.3 77% 94.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 455 Write 449 Mixed 366 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 57.4 206% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 353 267% 359 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$32 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 643GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 155 172 173 159 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 151 Mixed 21 SusWrite 163 92% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 CMK4GX4M1A2400C16 CMK4GX4M1A2400C16 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 25 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 23.7 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 84%

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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 1,445 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	652x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	437x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	101x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	223x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	129x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	127x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 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 $45Bench 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: 75% - Very good

Total price: $578

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