Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '21 at 09:00
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 265 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 738 75% 607 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 187 Parallax 179 138% 178 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 177 Splatting 125 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 516 Write 474 Mixed 357 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 46.7 176% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 326 255% 351 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 119%
CT1000MX500SSD4 1TB 26,659 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 651GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 379 461 469 463 429 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 469 Mixed 424 SusWrite 421 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 57.5 194% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 307 246% 346 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 123%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 250GB-$50 5,775 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 158GB free Firmware: X61110RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 220 207 208 206 207 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 478 Mixed 341 SusWrite 222 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 66.4 4K Mixed 39.4 134% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 279 229% 327 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	75% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.3 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 22.2 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 67: 8R 7G 6B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
67%	49%	43	325	276	100	26.9"	1920 1080	AOC2720 AG272FG4

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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	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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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