Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '16 at 21:52
Run Duration	393 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 (100^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 280 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 704 76% 605 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85A6) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Lighting 80.7 Reflection 79.7 Parallax 68.3 66% 76.2 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 73.6 Splatting 74.6 60% 73.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1434 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 441 (A5) Unknown 100 100 244853113353 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 24 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 39 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 76 40 171799543832 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2405203706416 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1042 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2666 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2030 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2884 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	74.4% Very good	Read 445 Write 175 Mixed 249 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 20.9 119% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 50 90% 181 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 93%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 251GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 67 44 10097 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3063 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3678 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1492 (B5) Unknown 100 100 4304571 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 5 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 61 167504052242 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 5 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6786	40.8% Average	Read 114 Write 28 Mixed 60.8 51% 67.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 0.13 50% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 59%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$60 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 42GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 187 180 1650 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5407 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6819 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2222 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 500 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 32090 (C2) HDA temperature 127 94 20 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	26.3% Poor	Read 44.2 Write 47 Mixed 43.1 34% 44.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.24 77% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 41%
Mass Storage Device 32GB 1,016 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 8GB free, PID 125d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	4.93% Terrible	Read 20.6 Write 4.08 Mixed 6.11 10% 10.3 MB/s	4K Read 2.91 4K Write 0.12 4K Mixed 0.7 39% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.93% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK32GX4M2B3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	99% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 31.6 100% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 42 SC Mixed 30.8 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 98%

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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	792x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	286x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	366x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	173x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	144x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	76x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	45x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	65x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	61x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	34x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $446

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16