Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '16 at 21:36
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 710 72% 584 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85A6) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 76.3 Reflection 77.4 Parallax 65.8 62% 73.2 fps	MRender 70.5 Gravity 69.4 Splatting 71.2 58% 70.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1400 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 419 (A5) Unknown 100 100 231966900727 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 24 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 35 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 40 171799543833 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2366549000743 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1011 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2572 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1959 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2780 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	71.2% Very good	Read 452 Write 196 Mixed 160 59% 269 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 16.4 104% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 45.5 89% 181 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 93%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 270GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 67 44 10224 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3043 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3645 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1470 (B5) Unknown 100 100 4283056 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 5 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 61 167504052243 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 5 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5380	37.7% Below average	Read 104 Write 27.9 Mixed 125 66% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.48 4K Mixed 0.16 43% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 59%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$71 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 69GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 186 180 1666 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5385 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6786 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2200 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 497 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 31358 (C2) HDA temperature 125 94 22 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	25.5% Poor	Read 48 Write 40.5 Mixed 49.4 35% 46 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.28 76% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK32GX4M2B3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	97.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 31.3 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 42.1 SC Mixed 28.8 86% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 98%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	785x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	284x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	364x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	143x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	75x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	45x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	65x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	61x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	34x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $447

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16