Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	100% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '23 at 22:43
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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-$284 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	64.8% Good	Memory 76.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 173 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 289 8-Core 390 43% 340 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$289 103,760 User benchmarks, average bench 99% PowerColor(148C 2398) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.20.27.09 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 140 Parallax 200 103% 155 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 144 Splatting 95 95% 118 fps
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 105%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$40 56,204 User benchmarks, average bench 226% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential bench incomplete		Read 1,159 Write 1,238 Mixed 1,212 270% 1,203 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 66.9 4K Mixed 41.8 140% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 753 DQ Write 558 DQ Mixed 681 502% 664 MB/s
Poor: 139% Great: 302%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 517GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 114 115 117 114 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 87.2 Write 86.1 Mixed 12.7 SusWrite 116 54% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.6 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 86.5 46% 86.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 105%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 62: 0P 5R 9G 10B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
62%	22%	108	283	24	144	27"	2560 1440	ACR0414 XG270HU

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $284Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	505x
Core i5-6600KIntel $124Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	327x
Core i7-6700Intel $284Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	72x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	169x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $130Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	106x
GTX 1080Nvidia $323Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	85x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	68x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	67x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $118Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	35x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	53x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	30x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $687

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $300	Nvidia RTX 3060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $27
Intel Core i5-12600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $300	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $86
Intel Core i5-12400F $150	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $800	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $67	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16