Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

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	38.8 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '23 at 08:00
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 below expectations (19^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 222 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 553 58% 467 Pts	64-Core 561 35% 561 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 3FF1) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.79 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 113 Parallax 129 102% 122 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 113 Splatting 105 106% 134 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 115 Write 121 Mixed 131 28% 123 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 78.2 4K Mixed 24.1 105% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 120 92% 127 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 61%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 63GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 438 Write 405 Mixed 375 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 46.9 155% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 227 206% 314 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Micron_M600_MTFDDAK1T0MBF 1TB 1,769 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 916GB free Firmware: MU03 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 335 Write 334 Mixed 292 72% 320 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 32.5 116% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 95.4 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 119 114% 172 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 103%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 348GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 112 Write 114 Mixed 73.8 74% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 1 150% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 24% Great: 69%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 661GB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 60.3 Write 56.7 Mixed 46.3 68% 54.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.1 33% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 17% Great: 63%
WD Game Drive 5TB 348 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4TB free, PID 2630 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete	Read 120 Write 110 Mixed 76.5 126% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Mixed 0.9 51% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMH32GX4M2D3600C18 Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBR2 CMH32GX4M2D3600C18 Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBR2 48GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.4% Very good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 23.3 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 22.1 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns

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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	777x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	283x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	362x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	167x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	142x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	80x
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 $40Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $461

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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