Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.6% 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	184% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 17 '24 at 03:03
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (59^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-$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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 500 64% 486 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$253 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% EVGA(3842 3652) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 552.44 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.6% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 117 Parallax 121 106% 123 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 102 Splatting 88.1 88% 111 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$95 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 735 449 164 151 148 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 1584 Write 1,626 Mixed 1290 SusWrite 299 268% 1,200 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 65.6 218% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 976 DQ Write 582 DQ Mixed 799 589% 785 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 237%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 639GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 98 104 105 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 124 Write 119 Mixed 24.6 SusWrite 103 67% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 138% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 108%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 899GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 110 103 109 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 109 Write 106 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 107 73% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Avexir DDR4-2400 CL16 8GB 2x8GB 1,133 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2473 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	79.2% Very good	MC Read 30 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 23 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 25.3 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 84%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 26: 0P 2R 4G 4B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
26%	42%	24	215	59	60	34.1"	2560 1057	GSM59F1 LG ULTRAWIDE

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	652x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 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 $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	90x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 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: 77% - Very good

Total price: $569

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