Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	165% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '18 at 02:18
Run Duration	284 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 137 2-Core 268 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 496 67% 500 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 115 Parallax 99.2 94% 110 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 101 81% 98.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 256GB free Firmware: M0C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd 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 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 279 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 68 137440133146 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 8515854 (F7) Unknown 100 100 272198 (F8) Unknown 100 100 103398 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1264 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	79.7% Very good	Read 481 Write 337 Mixed 338 85% 386 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 18.3 104% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 32.7 74% 152 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 95%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,656 Write 543 Mixed 812 219% 1,004 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 43.8 182% 74.9 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 117 123% 200 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 144%
Samsung SSD 128GB 239 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 119GB free Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1311 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 328 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 64 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 26 (F1) Unknown 99 99 353017589	107% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 452 Mixed 474 108% 482 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 27.6 151% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 82.1 128% 243 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 117%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 4350 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 668 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 272 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 282 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2075 (C2) HDA temperature 121 116 26 (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	89.9% Excellent	Read 160 Write 154 Mixed 145 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.29 114% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3112 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 29.7 98% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 37.3 SC Mixed 28.7 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 110%

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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	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