Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56% 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	99.9% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '19 at 02:35
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 107 2-Core 199 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 619 60% 495 Pts	64-Core 619 38% 619 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56% Above average	Lighting 67.9 Reflection 64.2 Parallax 51.4 55% 61.2 fps	MRender 69.2 Gravity 68.5 Splatting 70.9 57% 69.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 60%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.3% Terrible	Lighting 6.87 Reflection 8.96 Parallax 6.94 6% 7.59 fps	MRender 5.9 Gravity 6.17 Splatting 14 8% 8.69 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.3% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC-WRSN 1TB 1,183 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 343 167 180 176 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 445 Mixed 337 SusWrite 235 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 48 169% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 243 200% 286 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 464GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 144 146 145 145 145 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 146 Mixed 110 SusWrite 145 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL16-16-16 D4-3200 1x8GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 10 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 10.5 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 53%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	797x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	287x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	367x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	173x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	147x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	76x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	61x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	34x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $563

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