Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	118% 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	206% 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

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	8.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '19 at 04:46
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	BHR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 277 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 541 72% 539 Pts	64-Core 535 33% 535 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 172 Parallax 162 130% 164 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 165 Splatting 118 108% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Pilot NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$149 3,554 User benchmarks, average bench 221% 272GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 489 492 491 504 501 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 2,127 Write 468 Mixed 596 SusWrite 489 200% 920 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 55.8 223% 92.5 MB/s	DQ Read 571 DQ Write 469 DQ Mixed 473 367% 504 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 322%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 19GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 114 119 125 116 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 101 Write 70.8 Mixed 66 SusWrite 117 65% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 112%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 177GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 120 121 119 121 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 165 Write 134 Mixed 97.5 SusWrite 120 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 183% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 750GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 188 182 186 188 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 156 Mixed 75 SusWrite 184 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 41GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 150 158 125 149 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 174 Mixed 84 SusWrite 149 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 35GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 144 148 141 149 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 138 Write 96.2 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 146 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.4% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 21.8 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 22.5 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 90%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	788x
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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	171x
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16