Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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	90.7% 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	291% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '19 at 21:39
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 89.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 256 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 682 70% 563 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 118 Parallax 99.4 94% 111 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 104 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 88%
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 (100^th percentile)	7.87% Terrible	Lighting 8.17 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 8.12 7% 9.25 fps	MRender 12.2 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 16.3 10% 12 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.87% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$159 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 895GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1268 1456 1739 1194 1191 1178 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	291% Outstanding	Read 1758 Write 1,633 Mixed 1,368 SusWrite 1,338 343% 1,524 MB/s	4K Read 56.4 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 79.8 276% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,296 DQ Write 1,133 DQ Mixed 1,181 894% 1,203 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 291% Great: 372%
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 44GB free Firmware: 5.0.2a SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 97 103 105 106 107 MB/s Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	60.1% Good	Read 161 Write 129 Mixed 145 SusWrite 102 30% 134 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 28.6 138% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 133 101% 136 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 80%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 105GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 103 104 103 104 103 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 153 Write 142 Mixed 89.3 SusWrite 102 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 23GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 174 162 146 125 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 165 Mixed 77 SusWrite 152 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 109%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 155 156 156 157 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 160 Write 141 Mixed 107 SusWrite 153 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 100%
takeMS USB Mini 8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 17 17 17 16 16 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	8.92% Terrible	Read 25.1 Write 12.5 Mixed 10.7 SusWrite 16 20% 16.1 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 28% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.92% Great: 10%
WDC WD30 EFRX-68EUZN0 802GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 120GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 36 37 37 37 37 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	19.5% Very poor	Read 29.9 Write 36.1 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 36.2 45% 32.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 112% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 23 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 23.1 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 110%

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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	796x
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	146x

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	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
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: $447

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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