Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	4.57% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	52.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '17 at 05:05
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Memory 67.5 1-Core 101 2-Core 198 68% 122 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 638 59% 494 Pts	64-Core 605 38% 605 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 384.76 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	4.57% Terrible	Lighting 8.5 Reflection 97.2 Parallax 130 7% 78.7 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 4.57% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 21982001 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -126692945293829 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2524 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1083 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 80 77314654237 (C2) HDA temperature 29 80 77314654237 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 21982001 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 21982001 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 21982001 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13374 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5145 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5145 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9099	52.2% Above average	Read 452 Write 111 Mixed 143 51% 235 MB/s	4K Read 8.11 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 12.7 70% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 33 56% 110 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 73%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 153072752 (03) Spinup time 95 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 883 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3311753 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1182 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 898 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 58 521535519 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 209 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10191 (C2) HDA temperature 31 42 64424509471 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 3070901617354 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3560618608 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3698523170	88.1% Excellent	Read 165 Write 142 Mixed 144 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.21 78% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 96%
Samsung HE502HJ 500GB 176 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 84GB free Firmware: 1AJ30001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (02) Throughput performance 56 56 4319 (03) Spinup time 83 82 5433 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2605 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18301 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2184 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 12 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 103038 (C2) HDA temperature 64 61 176094642207 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 87 1 7362 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 8068 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 17343 (F1) Unknown 100 100 148729 (F2) Unknown 100 100 379350 (FE) Unknown 100 100 1	55.5% Above average	Read 92.2 Write 101 Mixed 91.8 71% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.85 4K Mixed 0.45 123% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 69GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 117340980 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3779 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 77404322941 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4514 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3192 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 98 141736083495 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 46 655949863 (C2) HDA temperature 39 54 85899345959 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 30 117340980 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 194 8417 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -45659797311036 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3949587123 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3798792798	42.3% Average	Read 77.1 Write 70.3 Mixed 68.7 54% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.3 65% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 68%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 44GB free Firmware: 10.02E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 195 176 5216 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12484 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38524 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5569 (BE) vendor-specific 54 28 46 (C2) HDA temperature 104 78 46 (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	29.6% Poor	Read 52.5 Write 50.2 Mixed 53.1 39% 51.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.41 98% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 35%
WD WD3200AVJS-63WDA0 320GB 7,100 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 7GB free Firmware: 12.01B02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 572 (03) Spinup time 155 151 5250 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10338 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7217 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5808 (C0) Power-off retract count 196 196 3056 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10374 (C2) HDA temperature 110 84 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 188 188 671 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 199 193 69 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 196 11 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 42294	22.5% Poor	Read 38 Write 39.9 Mixed 36.5 29% 38.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.43 107% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 1,518 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 11.2 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 7 21% 7.43 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 108%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	782x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	283x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	363x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	169x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	142x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
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 $45Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $452

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