Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.23% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	180% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '21 at 00:06
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 135 2-Core 240 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 710 72% 584 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$274 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% EVGA(3842 3656) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2340 MHz, MLim: 4000 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 471.41 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	1.23% Terrible	Lighting 1.6 Reflection 6.4 Parallax 6.4 1% 4.8 fps	MRender 1.5 Gravity 0.5 Splatting 1.8 1% 1.27 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 1.23% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB 30,033 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 334GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT30Q.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 896 105 157 145 262 112 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 1,052 Write 1,504 Mixed 1063 SusWrite 280 220% 975 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 81.7 278% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 545 DQ Write 1,002 DQ Mixed 941 667% 829 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 305%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 238GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 297 261 306 299 317 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 412 Write 326 Mixed 282 SusWrite 297 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 43.6 166% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 171 145% 206 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 97%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 295GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 93 86 97 97 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 129 Write 115 Mixed 25.9 SusWrite 93.9 66% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 27.1 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 30.9 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 104%

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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%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	782x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	283x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	363x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	169x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	142x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
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 $45Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $452

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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