Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% 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	193% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '19 at 18:51
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	BHR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (48^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-$81 342,244 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)	89% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 135 2-Core 273 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 494 66% 495 Pts	64-Core 483 30% 483 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	111% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 160 Parallax 154 120% 154 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 156 Splatting 113 103% 127 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Pilot NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$149 3,554 User benchmarks, average bench 221% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 466 456 469 475 479 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 2,086 Write 465 Mixed 615 SusWrite 466 198% 908 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 46.7 188% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 566 DQ Write 502 DQ Mixed 472 371% 513 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 322%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 118GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 105 104 105 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 174 Write 146 Mixed 84 SusWrite 104 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 112%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 155GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 121 121 121 122 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 139 Write 120 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 121 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 816GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 158 159 159 161 159 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 149 Write 136 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 157 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 164GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 130 132 129 125 126 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 166 Mixed 90.8 SusWrite 129 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 34GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 145 147 140 145 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 141 Write 100 Mixed 88.8 SusWrite 145 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.7% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 23 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 22.1 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 90%

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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	782x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	283x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	363x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	169x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	142x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
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 $45Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $452

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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