Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	93.7% 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	216% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '20 at 17:36
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing way below expectations (15^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	66.1% Good	Memory 75.1 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 193 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 284 43% 312 Pts	64-Core 192 12% 192 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Gigabyte(1458 2313) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.7% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 133 Parallax 170 98% 141 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 123 Splatting 90.7 86% 107 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$85 58,572 User benchmarks, average bench 341% 371GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1011 1458 1476 1305 913 1172 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 980 Write 663 Mixed 1,438 SusWrite 1,222 244% 1,076 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 66.6 4K Mixed 71 194% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,089 DQ Write 718 DQ Mixed 985 713% 931 MB/s
Poor: 206% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 442%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 233GB free Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 180 227 220 198 221 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	70.1% Very good	Read 248 Write 252 Mixed 222 SusWrite 216 53% 234 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 61.8 4K Mixed 27.2 102% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 326 251% 342 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 198GB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 118 114 119 116 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 80 Write 79.8 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 117 65% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSE.8FAR 4x4GB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	52% Above average	MC Read 12.3 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 19.7 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 6.5 24% 8.3 GB/s	Latency 90.2 44% 90.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 102%

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

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	792x
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	366x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	173x
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	76x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16