Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.5% 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	120% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 days ago, 2 days ago, 16 hrs ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.9 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 24 '22 at 03:08
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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-$209 367,403 User benchmarks, average bench 80% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 86.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 218 85% 145 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 393 60% 427 Pts	64-Core 499 34% 499 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$365 424,650 User benchmarks, average bench 105% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.5.1 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.5% Outstanding	Lighting 109 Reflection 137 Parallax 167 88% 138 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 122 Splatting 92 97% 109 fps
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 115%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$140 807,368 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 451 452 469 450 465 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 342 Write 323 Mixed 375 SusWrite 456 85% 374 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 60.5 201% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 543,690 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 251GB free Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 474 468 480 482 481 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 469 Mixed 367 SusWrite 474 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 41 140% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 338 254% 339 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 135%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$37 1,459,406 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 235GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 167 168 169 169 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 152 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 168 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$68 558,010 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.9% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 21.6 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 14.9 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	144	24"	1280 720	VSCBB31 XG2401 SERIES

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Gaming 70%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $242Bench 82%, 611,852 samples	1,298x
Core i5-6600KIntel $209Bench 80%, 367,403 samples	908x
Core i7-6700Intel $299Bench 75%, 258,369 samples	177x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $138Bench 80%, 1,295,591 samples	550x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 106%, 1,055,851 samples	286x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,449,936 samples	238x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 105%, 890,237 samples	245x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $140Bench 111%, 807,368 samples	207x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 113%, 543,690 samples	79x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $68Bench 80%, 558,010 samples	178x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $69Bench 85%, 606,492 samples	119x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 21,891 samples	94x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $547

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $280	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $170	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $111
Intel Core i7-12700K $380	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $33	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $69	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16