Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.4% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '16 at 00:40
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 94.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 147 74% 119 Pts	4-Core 271 8-Core 491 46% 381 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4463 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.39% Terrible	Lighting 8 Reflection 10.9 Parallax 8.06 6% 9 fps	MRender 7.52 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 16.3 9% 10.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.39% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AB) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.9 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 78.6 Reflection 76.5 Parallax 75.1 64% 76.7 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 72 Splatting 73.7 60% 72.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon LCH-256V2S-11 2.5 7mm 256GB 1,558 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 107GB free Firmware: FC8110A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 70 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 8 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 146 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 32919 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9925	94.7% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 275 Mixed 361 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 32.5 150% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 73.3 111% 209 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 99%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9883 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 384 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 55 (AE) Unknown 100 100 40 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 59 176094642202 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 14580240428 (F7) Unknown 100 100 190006756 (F8) Unknown 100 100 716273107	94.4% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 330 Mixed 388 91% 412 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 30.4 145% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 47.7 86% 167 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 97%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 121GB free Firmware: 12.01B02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 175 1975 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5339 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 39145 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1721 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 320 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5339 (C2) HDA temperature 121 107 22 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.4% Above average	Read 98.4 Write 91.1 Mixed 100 73% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.35 98% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 61%
Samsung SP2504C 250GB-$29 14,402 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 7GB free Firmware: VT100-48 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 99 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 5760 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8440 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 45562 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3532 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1311119 (BE) vendor-specific 175 109 21 (C2) HDA temperature 175 109 21 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 98489 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	24% Poor	Read 42.4 Write 40.9 Mixed 38.7 31% 40.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.32 75% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GB 46,352 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	40% Below average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 11 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 10.5 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 47%

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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