Asus Z170 PRO GAMING AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING AURA (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160831
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '18 at 17:06
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 87.2 1-Core 142 2-Core 284 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 547 73% 547 Pts	64-Core 491 30% 491 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 139 Parallax 119 106% 130 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 126 Splatting 105 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 256 295 205 183 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 480 Mixed 351 SusWrite 252 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 55.1 185% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 342 262% 356 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 123%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$60 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 189 189 192 187 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 192 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 189 109% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 4x8GB 3,576 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.9% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 22.3 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 19.1 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 99%

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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 27 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 43%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING AURA

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	19x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	4x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	4x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	3x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	3x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	3x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x
850 Pro 2TBSamsung $320Bench 108%, 2,669 samples	2x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 2666 C13 2x8GBKingstonBench 80%, 2,810 samples	11x
HyperX DDR4 2666 C13 4x8GBKingstonBench 93%, 743 samples	3x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	3x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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