Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics81.7% 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 Drive312% 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.
MotherboardAsus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA  (all builds)
Memory12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180516
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateDec 23 '18 at 19:22
Run Duration210 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing above expectations (77th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
92.5% Outstanding
Memory 96.7
1-Core 137
2-Core 272
94% 169 Pts
4-Core 475
8-Core 755
76% 615 Pts
64-Core 752
46% 752 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 92.5%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
PNY(196E 11A0) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35
Performing below potential (73rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
81.7% Excellent
Lighting 102
Reflection 113
Parallax 92.9
83% 103 fps
MRender 96.2
Gravity 97.5
Splatting 94.8
79% 96.2 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 81.7%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
368GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2264 609 610 609 613 616 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
312% Outstanding
Read 2,247
Write 2,161
Mixed 1,204
SusWrite 887
363% 1,625 MB/s
4K Read 70.4
4K Write 200
4K Mixed 98.2
338% 123 MB/s
DQ Read 1,510
DQ Write 1,337
DQ Mixed 1,382
1,047% 1,409 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 312%
Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
206GB free
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 495 488 480 488 489 487 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
139% Outstanding
Read 507
Write 475
Mixed 369
SusWrite 488
104% 460 MB/s
4K Read 49.5
4K Write 135
4K Mixed 68.6
234% 84.4 MB/s
DQ Read 383
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 362
272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 139%
Great: 134%
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31
189GB free
Firmware: CS131122
SusWrite @10s intervals: 484 356 162 175 175 176 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 515
Write 475
Mixed 362
SusWrite 255
90% 402 MB/s
4K Read 35.4
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 45.2
173% 65.4 MB/s
DQ Read 365
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 200
192% 303 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 105%
Great: 101%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
56.9% Above average
MC Read 20.1
MC Write 19.2
MC Mixed 16.5
53% 18.6 GB/s
SC Read 16.5
SC Write 21.3
SC Mixed 19.7
55% 19.2 GB/s
Latency 51.6
78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 56.9%
Great: 104%

 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 1,483 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $461
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