Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 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	50.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	84.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160630
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '17 at 09:01
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	LKA-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 (79^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 88.3 2-Core 176 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 710 69% 565 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 853F) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.4% Above average	Lighting 62.4 Reflection 68.2 Parallax 59.8 51% 63.5 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 59 Splatting 54.5 50% 61.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 202GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 8 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 994 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 157 (64) Unknown 100 100 109856 (65) Unknown 100 100 60160 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 32 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1405 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 100 158915231776 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 8 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 8 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 176 (EA) Unknown 100 100 107 (F1) Unknown 100 100 133 (F2) Unknown 100 100 258 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 8	70.6% Very good	Read 472 Write 268 Mixed 262 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 12.4 90% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 24.4 70% 154 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 88%
Kingston SM2280S3G2240G 240GB 3,414 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.V Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 45 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 284 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65539 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C2) HDA temperature 59 46 231930069033 (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 100 100 127 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 277 (F2) Unknown 100 100 186 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1 (F5) Unknown 100 100 3 (F6) Unknown 100 100 78720	84.7% Excellent	Read 515 Write 318 Mixed 402 91% 412 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 12.2 116% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 48.8 98% 196 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 97%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 425GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 175 3850 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 715 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1004 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 165 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 705 (C2) HDA temperature 115 108 32 (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	49.1% Average	Read 86.6 Write 84.3 Mixed 91.4 66% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.19 85% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 86%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 174GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 173 3358 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 512 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1004 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 165 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 501 (C2) HDA temperature 114 109 33 (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	70.9% Very good	Read 120 Write 127 Mixed 111 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.25 106% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 3,988 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.9% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.4 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 105%

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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	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 $134	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