Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	8.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '19 at 00:11
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 264 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 406 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.9% Very good	Lighting 94.8 Reflection 107 Parallax 88.4 77% 96.7 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 88.1 Splatting 95.4 76% 92.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 478 Write 453 Mixed 359 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 48.8 167% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 230 208% 316 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Samsung MZ7TE128HMGR-000H1 128GB 2,337 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 101GB free Firmware: EXT09H0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 134 134 133 133 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 470 Write 138 Mixed 172 SusWrite 133 50% 228 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 24.6 119% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 65.1 97% 189 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 79%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 230GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 105 106 106 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 124 Write 110 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 105 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 109%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 591GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 67 66 67 67 69 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 93.3 Write 85.7 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 67.7 56% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.5% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 22.3 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 21.8 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 110%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	777x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	283x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	362x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	167x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	142x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	80x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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