Asus Z170 PRO GAMING AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	75.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING AURA (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160831
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '17 at 21:20
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 135 2-Core 259 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 687 71% 570 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.4% 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) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 375.63 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 144 Parallax 125 111% 135 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 132 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SM2280S3G2240G 240GB 3,414 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^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 100 100 969 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 180 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 276 (AD) Unknown 100 100 393246 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C2) HDA temperature 57 43 244814577707 (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 100 100 712 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1396 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1207 (F4) Unknown 100 100 6 (F5) Unknown 100 100 30 (F6) Unknown 100 100 413280	75.4% Very good	Read 520 Write 163 Mixed 381 78% 355 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 13.9 111% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 56.6 108% 215 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.4% 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 (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 139 11816 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 117 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 911 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 117 (10) Unknown 0 200 3196256763 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 114 (C2) HDA temperature 111 106 41 (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	87.3% Excellent	Read 147 Write 158 Mixed 143 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.25 81% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.3% 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 @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 24.7 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 25.2 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 97%

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Gaming 51%

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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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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