Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '21 at 20:09
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 143 2-Core 272 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 766 79% 635 Pts	64-Core 796 49% 796 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$254 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% EVGA(3842 3656) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2340 MHz, MLim: 4250 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 129 Parallax 132 116% 135 fps	MRender 155 Gravity 113 Splatting 98.8 97% 122 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB 30,033 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 379GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT30Q.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 301 123 265 123 267 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 1,016 Write 1,713 Mixed 752 SusWrite 231 209% 928 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 1.1 70% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 27 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 170 100% 99.5 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 305%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 238GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 324 324 327 328 328 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 391 Write 320 Mixed 283 SusWrite 312 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 39 152% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 166 142% 204 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 97%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 295GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 98 98 99 99 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 141 Write 138 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 97.6 73% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 27.1 96% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 30.2 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.3% 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%

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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 $90Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	61x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	34x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $447

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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