Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	119% 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.
Boot Drive	234% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	49.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit 色彩
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '23 at 23:20
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 below expectations (34^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 124 2-Core 244 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 613 63% 506 Pts	64-Core 642 40% 642 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E2) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 536.67 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 177 Parallax 169 131% 169 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 163 Splatting 118 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 648GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1595 759 286 146 265 282 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 1,694 Write 2,009 Mixed 1724 SusWrite 555 336% 1,495 MB/s	4K Read 56.8 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 78.7 263% 92.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,299 DQ Write 1,002 DQ Mixed 1,139 855% 1,147 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 365%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$74 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 877GB free Firmware: M3CR043 SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 409 417 425 353 273 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 358 Write 433 Mixed 374 SusWrite 375 87% 385 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 60.2 198% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 160 176% 296 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 125%
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 284GB free Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 440 437 436 440 446 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 392 Write 458 Mixed 335 SusWrite 442 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 40 158% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 316 240% 322 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 167 163 163 164 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 102 Write 130 Mixed 71.9 SusWrite 164 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 76% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G3B1 4x16GB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.4% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.8 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 20.4 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 111%

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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: 0P 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	71	59	60	27.2"	1280 720	GSM5B9A 27GN950

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Typical Z170-AR Builds (Compare 1,423 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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	645x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	429x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	97x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	127x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	126x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	90x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	89x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	81x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	40x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $452

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16