Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.6% 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	224% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	30 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '16 at 11:42
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	48%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 134 2-Core 246 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 662 73% 578 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.2% 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 8599) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2007 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 118 Parallax 99.2 92% 110 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 103 Splatting 98.9 82% 99.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 240GB-$99 690 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 223GB free Firmware: 332ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 5565734 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 2671469675370 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2151 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 167 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 49 47247851549 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5565734 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5565734 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5565734 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 26264 (EA) Unknown 0 0 28464 (F1) Unknown 0 0 28464 (F2) Unknown 0 0 44923	59% Above average	Read 194 Write 176 Mixed 138 38% 169 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 15 115% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 41.3 67% 127 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 91%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 1,854 Write 896 Mixed 1,079 281% 1,276 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 50.9 222% 88.8 MB/s	DQ Read 940 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 193 255% 480 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 98 13979360 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2182 (05) Reallocated sector count 95 95 7240 (07) Seek error rate 48 48 493931423360 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4599 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 684 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 59 4799725598 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12470 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 -140737488355298 (C5) Current pending sector count 94 94 992 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 94 94 992 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -73121818212056 (F1) Unknown 100 253 34764665819109 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -91792998077628	101% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 183 Mixed 119 117% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.28 81% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 777GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 66 66 10940 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4308 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19878 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2881 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 57 353435669 (C2) HDA temperature 75 55 420544537 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 37084 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	44.2% Average	Read 94.3 Write 59.6 Mixed 88.7 61% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.5 117% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C14 2x16GB 180 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.4% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.2 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 53.4% 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	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 $182	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) $30	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