Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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	118% 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 (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '21 at 06:07
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 87 1-Core 119 2-Core 223 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 616 63% 510 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$270 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 379F) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 166 Parallax 164 132% 164 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 143 Splatting 119 117% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 393 312 165 156 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 476 Mixed 392 SusWrite 269 91% 407 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 61.9 211% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 360 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
GB0750C4414 750GB 394 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 669GB free Firmware: HPG3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 69 68 70 70 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	40% Below average	Read 69 Write 68.5 Mixed 44 SusWrite 70.1 46% 62.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 108% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 42%
Seagate ST3250620AS 250GB-$149 6,960 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 176GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 54 55 55 55 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 51.6 Write 34.2 Mixed 39.8 SusWrite 54.9 33% 45.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 2,108 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.1% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22.6 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 23.3 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 115%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	2	4	1	60	31.5"	1280 720	BNQ7F66 BenQ EX3203R

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	796x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	287x
Core i7-7700KIntel $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	366x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	173x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	147x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	76x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
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: 75% - Very good

Total price: $582

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16