Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82% 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	210% 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180222
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '19 at 07:43
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 104 2-Core 250 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 704 69% 565 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2147 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 109 Parallax 96.1 83% 102 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 95.5 Splatting 99 80% 97.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme INTEL SSDPEDMW80 800GB 221 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 437GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 846 856 857 858 857 852 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1,042 Write 820 Mixed 633 SusWrite 854 188% 838 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 209 4K Mixed 51.5 235% 99.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,215 DQ Write 843 DQ Mixed 906 709% 988 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 224%
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 27GB free Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 136 140 102 62 134 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 351 Write 128 Mixed 165 SusWrite 119 42% 191 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 26.1 120% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 98.2 87% 130 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 202 202 204 204 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 164 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 200 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%
JetFlash Transcend 8GB 1,070 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID 6387, TS8GJF300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.4 7.9 7.9 7.9 7.7 7.9 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	6.47% Terrible	Read 20.2 Write 5.2 Mixed 6.2 SusWrite 7.8 11% 9.85 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 29% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.47% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 26.8 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 30.8 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 104%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

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 $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $466

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $183	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