Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 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 98.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.6% 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 Drive	117% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170623
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '19 at 14:41
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 157 2-Core 302 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 802 83% 669 Pts	64-Core 841 52% 841 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6374 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.65% Terrible	Lighting 8.97 Reflection 13 Parallax 9 7% 10.3 fps	MRender 14 Gravity 8 Splatting 17.8 11% 13.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.65% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Asus(1043 86A5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 95.2 Parallax 86.2 86% 95.6 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 89.3 Splatting 80.3 73% 91.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 275 295 289 278 291 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 482 Mixed 382 SusWrite 303 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 58.9 201% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 354 268% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 128GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 487 383 282 283 283 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 484 Mixed 454 SusWrite 366 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 63.4 216% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 128%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 107 107 110 110 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 112 Write 106 Mixed 100 SusWrite 109 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3020 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 27.4 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 36.7 SC Mixed 31.5 87% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 103%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	777x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	283x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	362x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	167x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	142x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	80x
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 $40Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $461

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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