Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 93% 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% 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	80.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '17 at 03:47
Run Duration	318 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%

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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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 147 2-Core 283 98% 175 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 801 77% 634 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 152 Parallax 142 121% 147 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 133 Splatting 110 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$140 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 262GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,000 Write 1,351 Mixed 1,206 336% 1,519 MB/s	4K Read 59 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 42.6 218% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 613 DQ Write 457 DQ Mixed 231 255% 434 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 254%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 234GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2254 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 676 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 32 (AE) Unknown 100 100 46 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 47 227634118691 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 15470905126 (F7) Unknown 100 100 484403360 (F8) Unknown 100 100 302210407 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1948 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	80.4% Excellent	Read 485 Write 332 Mixed 338 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 14.9 101% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 39.4 89% 187 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 190411040 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 426 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 14171549 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1365 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 357 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 44 52245299240 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10595 (C2) HDA temperature 40 56 51539607592 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 69316477190794 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8930668023 (F2) Unknown 100 253 80518163393	98.6% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 152 Mixed 155 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.19 67% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 493GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 168 2491 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1617 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 10965 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1204 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1623 (C2) HDA temperature 101 86 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	81% Excellent	Read 155 Write 127 Mixed 136 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.24 95% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 109%
Phison USB DISK 50X 8GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 4GB free, PID 5200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 78.8 Write 5.03 Mixed 9.03 25% 31 MB/s	4K Read 9.39 4K Write 0.11 4K Mixed 0.14 43% 3.21 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 30.6 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 38.8 SC Mixed 30.8 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 104%

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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	798x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	287x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	367x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	174x
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 $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 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: 76% - Very good

Total price: $581

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