Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 99.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	58.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '18 at 00:28
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 149 2-Core 309 100% 184 Pts	4-Core 603 8-Core 586 80% 595 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 152 Parallax 142 114% 145 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 137 Splatting 111 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 140 144 146 153 142 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 421 Write 354 Mixed 276 SusWrite 176 68% 307 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 39.7 4K Mixed 27.6 86% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 33 DQ Mixed 59 48% 70.9 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 95%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB 8,129 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 849GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 124 124 122 122 124 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 126 Write 110 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 123 73% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 108%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 734GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 107 107 107 108 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	45% Average	Read 103 Write 104 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 108 127% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 101% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 65%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 64GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 56GB free, PID 00dd Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9 5.5 18 16 9.6 19 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 41.7 Write 39.7 SusWrite 12.8 37% 31.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.4 4K Mixed 0.8 82% 4.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 1x16GB 11,534 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	53.5% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.2 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 16.6 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 64%

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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	776x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	283x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	362x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	166x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	142x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	79x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	74x
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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $461

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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