Asus Z170 PRO GAMING AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	84.2% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING AURA (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160831
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '16 at 13:57
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 643 65% 527 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.6909 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 154 Parallax 130 116% 142 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 138 Splatting 113 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SM2280S3G2240G 240GB 3,414 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 138 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 71 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 276 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65541 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C2) HDA temperature 62 43 244814643238 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 197 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 396 (F2) Unknown 100 100 263 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1 (F5) Unknown 100 100 5 (F6) Unknown 100 100 112320	84.2% Excellent	Read 514 Write 309 Mixed 403 90% 409 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 13.2 113% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 52.6 104% 208 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 97%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 162 9816 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 8 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 81 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (10) Unknown 0 200 1354926903 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 6 (C2) HDA temperature 117 114 35 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	92% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 149 Mixed 139 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.68 4K Mixed 0.36 127% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C13 2x8GB 2,810 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 28.4 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 27.8 80% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 97%

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Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 43%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING AURA

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	18x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	4x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	4x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	3x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	3x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x
850 Pro 2TBSamsung $320Bench 108%, 2,669 samples	2x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	2x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 2666 C13 2x8GBKingstonBench 80%, 2,810 samples	11x
HyperX DDR4 2666 C13 4x8GBKingstonBench 93%, 743 samples	3x
HyperX 3000 C15 2x16GBKingstonBench 88%, 10,048 samples	3x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $396

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 $178	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