Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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	76.4% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '19 at 00:02
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 128 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 691 69% 563 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Asus(1043 04E2); ROG-STRIX-RX5700XT-O8G-GAMING Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 114 Parallax 263 118% 174 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 137 Splatting 149 111% 134 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 110 117 117 115 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 384 Write 130 Mixed 192 SusWrite 115 45% 205 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 39.7 152% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 154 119% 163 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 82%
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$82 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 25GB free Firmware: R0906I Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,196 Write 1,469 Mixed 644 315% 1,436 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 94.4 275% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,454 DQ Write 935 DQ Mixed 511 565% 967 MB/s
Poor: 147% Great: 311%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 157 151 151 149 154 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	72% Very good	Read 99.7 Write 104 Mixed 68 SusWrite 150 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.6 204% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 90%
WD WD80EZZX-11CSGA0 8TB 694 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 1.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 107 103 104 107 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 108 Write 112 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 106 73% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.3 223% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 99%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 185GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 104 104 104 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 101 Write 97.5 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 103 65% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GB 613 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.5% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.3 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 24 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 125%

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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	782x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	283x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $452

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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