Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics83.4% 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 Drive174% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago.
MotherboardAsus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA  (all builds)
Memory24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
DisplayЦвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160630
Uptime1 Days
Run DateFeb 11 '19 at 18:58
Run Duration155 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU 31%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (41st 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 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
83% Excellent
Memory 90.7
1-Core 122
2-Core 228
84% 147 Pts
4-Core 406
8-Core 586
62% 496 Pts
64-Core 688
43% 688 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 83%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
83.4% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 116
Parallax 95.7
86% 106 fps
MRender 90.3
Gravity 98.7
Splatting 94.6
78% 94.5 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 83.4%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
86GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 638 327 327 326 319 283 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
174% Outstanding
Read 1,470
Write 1,339
Mixed 522
SusWrite 370
206% 925 MB/s
4K Read 36.2
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 45.9
174% 65.3 MB/s
DQ Read 971
DQ Write 814
DQ Mixed 640
548% 808 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 174%
Great: 236%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
436GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 129 131 128 127 130 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
80.2% Excellent
Read 150
Write 122
Mixed 86.3
SusWrite 129
90% 122 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1.2
238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 80.2%
Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65
212GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 42 44 43 44 43 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
37% Below average
Read 85.2
Write 70
Mixed 59
SusWrite 43.1
48% 64.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
128% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 37%
Great: 57%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9
29GB free, PID 1666
Operating at USB 3.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.5 3.5 4.4 3.4 3.6 4.3 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete
Read 62.5
Write 6
Mixed 10.7
SusWrite 3.6
18% 20.7 MB/s
4K Read 7.4
4K Mixed 0
41% 3.7 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 28%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (11th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
72.6% Very good
MC Read 25.5
MC Write 28.2
MC Mixed 23.3
73% 25.7 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 27.3
SC Mixed 21.3
62% 21.5 GB/s
Latency 66.3
60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 72%
This bench: 72.6%
Great: 110%

 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 1,489 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $466
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