Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 10:51
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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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, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 227 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 465 62% 464 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Zotac(19DA A454) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	Lighting 38.7 Reflection 30 Parallax 37.4 32% 35.4 fps	MRender 38.1 Gravity 37.6 Splatting 35.4 30% 37 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 158 100 414 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1264 (A6) Unknown 100 100 905 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 957 (A9) Unknown 100 100 19 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 938 (AE) Unknown 100 100 118 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 100 193273528356 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 31 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 93986 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3148 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6656	65.3% Good	Read 503 Write 188 Mixed 285 71% 326 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 3.95 104% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 29 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 3.49 36% 79.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 78%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 511GB free Firmware: SBM3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 221930115 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 796 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21515096 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -106931800767400 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 580 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 9 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 54 521863199 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6518 (C2) HDA temperature 31 46 47244640287 (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 -132813273693720 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10278992721 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4106080345 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	57.5% Above average	Read 98 Write 101 Mixed 58.9 64% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 4.86 4K Mixed 0.45 181% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.16FAR 1x8GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	48.8% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 14.8 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 14.8 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 49%

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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