Asus Z170 PRO GAMING AURA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way 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. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics97.4% 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 Drive241% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z170 PRO GAMING AURA  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160831
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateMar 03 '18 at 16:43
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
92.7% Outstanding
Memory 95.5
1-Core 128
2-Core 256
90% 160 Pts
4-Core 485
8-Core 702
74% 593 Pts
64-Core 686
42% 686 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 92.7%
Great: 90%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)
Asus(1043 8694) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4944
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.33% Terrible
Lighting 7.5
Reflection 10.6
Parallax 7.62
6% 8.58 fps
MRender 11.7
Gravity 6.97
Splatting 15.4
10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.33%
Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
Nvidia(10DE 1B82) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
97.4% Outstanding
Lighting 126
Reflection 139
Parallax 117
103% 127 fps
MRender 95.3
Gravity 121
Splatting 102
87% 106 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 97.4%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
120GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
241% Outstanding
Read 2,603
Write 911
Mixed 1,381
357% 1,632 MB/s
4K Read 49.6
4K Write 130
4K Mixed 47.2
204% 75.6 MB/s
DQ Read 497
DQ Write 407
DQ Mixed 31.1
138% 312 MB/s
Poor: 134%
This bench: 241%
Great: 292%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251
84GB free
Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
78% Very good
Read 510
Write 226
Mixed 158
65% 298 MB/s
4K Read 29.9
4K Write 94.7
4K Mixed 12.9
112% 45.9 MB/s
DQ Read 334
DQ Write 210
DQ Mixed 31.2
88% 192 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 78%
Great: 85%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C13 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
91.4% Outstanding
MC Read 33.8
MC Write 34.6
MC Mixed 28.1
92% 32.2 GB/s
SC Read 20.5
SC Write 36.2
SC Mixed 28.3
81% 28.3 GB/s
Latency 55.5
72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 91.4%
Great: 97%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z170 PRO GAMING AURA Builds (Compare 26 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 51%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 43%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING AURA

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 78% - Very good Total price: $396
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