Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.7% 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	232% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	19.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '20 at 00:13
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 91.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 534 72% 537 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 117 Parallax 108 93% 113 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 103 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 603 785 829 803 779 763 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 2,082 Write 900 Mixed 729 SusWrite 760 246% 1,118 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 59.5 238% 90.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,048 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 378 355% 575 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 243%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$109 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 47GB free Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 407 461 470 367 281 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 429 Write 280 Mixed 178 SusWrite 379 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 24 123% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 346 234% 282 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 104%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 70GB free Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 380 436 445 451 457 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 448 Mixed 439 SusWrite 404 101% 451 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 61.9 202% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 302 244% 345 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 200 208 207 206 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 164 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 203 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x8GB 5,640 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	77.7% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 26 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 23.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 89%

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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	790x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	286x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	365x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	172x
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	75x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	45x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $452

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16