Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.8% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160630
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '19 at 00:01
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 258 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 766 78% 631 Pts	64-Core 768 48% 768 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.2% 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 8597) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2153 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 123 Parallax 103 90% 112 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 103 Splatting 109 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 108GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 442 376 343 296 225 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 481 Mixed 393 SusWrite 359 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 62.4 211% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 51.3 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 72.2 64% 91.6 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 758GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 94 101 102 106 105 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 198 Write 166 Mixed 104 SusWrite 101 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.2 223% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.2% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 13 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 15.9 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 87%

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

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Typical Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA Builds (Compare 1,481 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	776x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	283x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	362x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	166x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	142x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	79x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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