Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	70.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160630
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 17:12
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 204 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 614 58% 480 Pts	64-Core 619 38% 619 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.3% Very good	Lighting 87.3 Reflection 97.1 Parallax 91.8 71% 92.1 fps	MRender 83.5 Gravity 82.2 Splatting 85.3 69% 83.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 88%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7263 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.23% Terrible	Lighting 6.5 Reflection 9.54 Parallax 6.84 5% 7.63 fps	MRender 9.05 Gravity 5.93 Splatting 13.1 8% 9.37 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.23% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,315 Write 1,688 Mixed 1,477 405% 1,827 MB/s	4K Read 59.3 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 79.9 266% 92.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,120 DQ Write 953 DQ Mixed 1,032 775% 1,035 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 60GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 250 255 196 172 167 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 452 Mixed 438 SusWrite 236 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 57.5 196% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 338 255% 342 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 381GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 165 164 166 166 166 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 145 Write 151 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 165 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB 5,673 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.9% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 21 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 19.5 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 100%

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	777x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	283x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	362x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	167x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	142x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	80x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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