Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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	203% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '19 at 14:55
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 304 93% 172 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 833 83% 676 Pts	64-Core 851 53% 851 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2183) CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 173 Parallax 172 146% 175 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 156 Splatting 114 120% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 552 261 319 328 328 328 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,606 Write 1,488 Mixed 563 SusWrite 353 223% 1,003 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 50.3 220% 91.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,039 DQ Write 1,263 DQ Mixed 828 714% 1,043 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 236%
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 58GB free Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 154 154 163 150 154 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 316 Write 206 Mixed 233 SusWrite 157 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 36.7 154% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 138 131% 207 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 639GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 176 176 177 177 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 154 Mixed 87.2 SusWrite 174 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 33.7 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 45.1 SC Mixed 33.8 98% 34.4 GB/s	Latency 48.3 83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

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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	785x
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 $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	143x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	65x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16