Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	90.9% 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	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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 19 '19 at 07:13
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 86.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 248 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 708 71% 577 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 0517) CLim: 1360 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Lighting 73.7 Reflection 69.7 Parallax 101 60% 81.4 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 71 Splatting 56.4 53% 65.9 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon CV3-8D128-11 SATA 128GB 3,445 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: T87110D SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 135 136 136 134 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 414 Mixed 360 SusWrite 142 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 49.2 162% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 150 153% 253 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 87%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 655GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 155 171 172 174 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 149 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 169 94% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 124% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 904GB free Firmware: MS2OA7L0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 164 165 173 168 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 178 Mixed 41.7 SusWrite 168 102% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 120% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 123 126 126 125 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 126 Write 124 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 125 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 70%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 923GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 97 97 97 97 93 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 207 Write 165 Mixed 110 SusWrite 96.5 107% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD824A.C16FHP Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	76.3% Very good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 22.8 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 24.2 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 68%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	783x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	284x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	364x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	142x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	75x
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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $447

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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