Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	170% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170623
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '18 at 20:59
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 247 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 680 74% 585 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$265 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3369) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 150 Parallax 125 110% 137 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 133 Splatting 110 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 771 755 769 778 764 663 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 952 Write 862 Mixed 501 SusWrite 750 172% 766 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 45.2 162% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 887 DQ Write 770 DQ Mixed 538 482% 732 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 210%
Samsung RBX Series 64GB 83 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 59GB free Firmware: PS105D14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 68 66 71 72 72 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	Read 93.8 Write 80 Mixed 83.2 SusWrite 71.1 18% 82 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 5.7 4K Mixed 9.7 50% 12.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 23%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 188GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 128 126 128 129 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	77% Very good	Read 141 Write 120 Mixed 81 SusWrite 127 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 112%
Toshiba MQ04ABF100 1TB 179,769 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 910GB free Firmware: JU001J SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 140 139 139 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 135 Write 132 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 138 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 0.6 240% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD 4x4GB 1,206 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	83% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 26.1 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 25.3 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 103%

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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 $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	142x

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 $43Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16