Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.2% 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	111% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170623
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '18 at 11:14
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$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 (64^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 233 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 712 68% 563 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 118 Parallax 99.1 91% 109 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 101 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4753 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1498 (B1) Unknown 98 98 37 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 56 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 101 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33414976779	111% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 401 Mixed 413 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 47.3 172% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 119 137% 238 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 819GB free Firmware: SD35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 96627411 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4701 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 7 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 54946688 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9696 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 8 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3259 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 359 (BE) vendor-specific 64 37 17567022579748 (C2) HDA temperature 36 63 42949672996 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 18 96627411 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	56.6% Above average	Read 108 Write 88.8 Mixed 73.3 67% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.43 93% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 66%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 52GB free Firmware: SC12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 74833400 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2460 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11400823 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5098 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1736 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 71 71 29 (BE) vendor-specific 70 60 505282590 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 186 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2497 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 38654705694 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	76.5% Very good	Read 121 Write 146 Mixed 148 105% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.18 64% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 98%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$80 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 3GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 184 1716 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5821 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13784 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3813 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 430 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 396358 (C2) HDA temperature 119 90 28 (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	21.5% Poor	Read 38.5 Write 36.1 Mixed 37.3 28% 37.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.23 73% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.3% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 20 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 21.2 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 104%

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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