Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	146% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170623
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '18 at 21:03
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 694 73% 584 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3369) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 147 Parallax 126 112% 137 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 136 Splatting 110 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 680 555 373 432 409 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 974 Write 797 Mixed 482 SusWrite 456 151% 677 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 44.3 160% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 934 DQ Write 416 DQ Mixed 149 250% 500 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 210%
Samsung RBX Series 64GB 83 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 59GB free Firmware: PS105D14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 67 61 68 70 71 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	22% Poor	Read 92.5 Write 76.3 Mixed 84 SusWrite 68.4 18% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 9.3 48% 12.2 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 23%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 188GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 127 126 125 128 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 144 Write 114 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 127 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 112%
Toshiba MQ04ABF100 1TB 179,769 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 910GB free Firmware: JU001J SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 136 139 138 116 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 138 Write 147 Mixed 55 SusWrite 134 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 0.6 236% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD 4x4GB 1,206 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	82% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 25.5 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 25.3 74% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 103%

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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	792x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	286x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	366x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	173x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	144x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	76x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	45x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	65x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	61x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	34x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $446

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16