Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics103% 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 Drive83.3% 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.
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.
High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA  (all builds)
Memory13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170623
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 30 '19 at 23:59
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 27%
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 PC Performing as expected (56th 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 as expected (49th percentile)
80.7% Excellent
Memory 93.1
1-Core 120
2-Core 210
82% 141 Pts
4-Core 368
8-Core 627
60% 498 Pts
64-Core 659
41% 659 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 80.7%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing below potential (61st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
103% Outstanding
Lighting 132
Reflection 143
Parallax 122
108% 132 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 130
Splatting 106
94% 117 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 103%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP920 512GB-$95
67GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.08
SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 308 223 196 213 213 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
83.3% Excellent
Read 449
Write 378
Mixed 261
SusWrite 232
74% 330 MB/s
4K Read 25.5
4K Write 72.2
4K Mixed 33.4
120% 43.7 MB/s
DQ Read 356
DQ Write 285
DQ Mixed 77.2
124% 240 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 83.3%
Great: 99%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 64GB
52GB free, PID 5575
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.4 9.2 9.8 9.6 10 10 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
17.1% Very poor
Read 27.1
Write 9
Mixed 9.2
SusWrite 9.7
16% 13.8 MB/s
4K Read 7.9
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 3.5
250% 4.8 MB/s
Poor: 6%
This bench: 17.1%
Great: 19%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (24th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
70.5% Very good
MC Read 27.3
MC Write 27.5
MC Mixed 19.7
71% 24.8 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 24.8
SC Mixed 21
58% 20.4 GB/s
Latency 62
64% 62 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 70.5%
Great: 99%

 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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