Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 months ago, 8 months ago, 7 months ago, 6 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	56.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '23 at 05:28
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 87.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 236 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 700 71% 574 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Lighting 72.8 Reflection 75.9 Parallax 69.5 59% 72.7 fps	MRender 65.6 Gravity 71.7 Splatting 67.5 56% 68.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,575 Write 903 Mixed 674 231% 1,051 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 48.4 173% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 784 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 363 315% 481 MB/s
Poor: 131% Great: 243%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$90 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 77 79 77 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 73.6 Write 78.3 Mixed 51.6 SusWrite 77.1 52% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 100%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$90 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 123 122 125 124 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 116 Write 114 Mixed 86.4 SusWrite 123 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSB.16FAD 4x16GB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 25.8 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 24.1 74% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79.5% 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 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	24.1"	1280 720	DELF016 DELL U2410

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Typical Z170-AR Builds (Compare 1,445 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	652x
Core i5-6600KIntel $64Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	90x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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: 74% - Very good

Total price: $587

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16