Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% 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	259% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	10.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '18 at 13:15
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (56^th 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 724 75% 605 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	112% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 161 Parallax 145 122% 152 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 158 Splatting 109 102% 126 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 767 650 646 626 576 590 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 1,977 Write 1914 Mixed 1,330 SusWrite 642 328% 1,466 MB/s	4K Read 56.3 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 69 258% 94.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,475 DQ Write 1,291 DQ Mixed 1,353 1,023% 1,373 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 340%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 419GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9,116 Write 8211 Mixed 8,167 1,896% 8,498 MB/s	4K Read 775 4K Write 337 4K Mixed 411 1,879% 507 MB/s	DQ Read 1,756 DQ Write 1,140 DQ Mixed 1,190 957% 1,362 MB/s
Poor: 77% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 35,395 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 28.5 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 31.5 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 50.4 79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 112%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA Builds (Compare 1,483 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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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	777x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	283x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	362x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	167x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	142x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	80x
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 $40Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $461

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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