Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.9% 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	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	22.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170623
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '18 at 04:33
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 145 2-Core 284 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 746 75% 607 Pts	64-Core 754 47% 754 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.9% Very good	Lighting 97.9 Reflection 114 Parallax 94.6 80% 102 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 95.3 Splatting 101 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron XTi 480GB-$247 664 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 307GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC02.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 470 459 456 467 485 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 450 Mixed 334 SusWrite 466 97% 429 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 40.9 152% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 188 185% 294 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%
Drevo X1 SSD 60GB 1,088 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 33GB free Firmware: Q0111A SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 168 169 169 169 169 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 39% Great: 67%
Jmicron Generic DISK00 2TB 103 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1TB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 45 45 46 47 47 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 115 Write 102 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 46.1 60% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 92%
Jmicron Generic DISK01 3TB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 148GB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 45 46 46 47 54 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 125 Write 123 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 47.3 67% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 102%
Jmicron Generic DISK03 2TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 335GB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 45 45 46 47 47 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	40% Below average	Read 93 Write 101 Mixed 42 SusWrite 46.1 52% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 76%
Jmicron Generic DISK02 1TB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 340GB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 44 46 46 47 49 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 162 Write 164 Mixed 68 SusWrite 46.4 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB 3,586 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3020 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 32 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 31.3 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 53 76% 53 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 114%

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

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	782x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	283x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	363x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	169x
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	74x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	45x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $452

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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