Asus Z170 PRO GAMING AURA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics97.5% 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 Drive118% 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.
Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z170 PRO GAMING AURA  (all builds)
Memory12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160831
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 06 '18 at 16:22
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 45%
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 PC Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
91.6% Outstanding
Memory 94.6
1-Core 132
2-Core 244
89% 157 Pts
4-Core 514
8-Core 500
68% 507 Pts
64-Core 499
31% 499 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 91.6%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Zotac(19DA 1425) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34
Performing below potential (21st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
97.5% Outstanding
Lighting 123
Reflection 136
Parallax 120
100% 126 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 126
Splatting 102
92% 113 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 97.5%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
198GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 312 313 312 314 310 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
118% Outstanding
Read 436
Write 435
Mixed 364
SusWrite 324
88% 390 MB/s
4K Read 38.4
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 63
206% 75.9 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 356
268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 118%
Great: 124%
WD WD5000LPLX-00ZNTT0 500GB
465GB free
Firmware: 05.01A05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 146 147 146 143 143 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
83.5% Excellent
Read 146
Write 146
Mixed 71.2
SusWrite 145
93% 127 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.7
149% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 32%
This bench: 83.5%
Great: 82%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C13 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2472 MHz
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
85.2% Excellent
MC Read 30.4
MC Write 32.5
MC Mixed 27.2
86% 30 GB/s
SC Read 19.2
SC Write 32.7
SC Mixed 25.9
74% 25.9 GB/s
Latency 58.3
69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 85.2%
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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