Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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	102% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '17 at 13:31
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 253 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 703 71% 575 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 377A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 197 Parallax 161 139% 176 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 175 Splatting 125 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 524GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8580 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 837 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 54 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 23 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27306169028	102% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 409 Mixed 423 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 81.3 4K Mixed 33.3 146% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 118 131% 222 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 133%
Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 512GB 1,482 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 88GB free Firmware: UXM6401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8634 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1252 (B1) Unknown 98 98 178 (B2) Unknown 92 92 372 (B3) Unknown 93 93 737 (B4) Unknown 93 93 9759 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0	156% Outstanding	Read 968 Write 860 Mixed 878 201% 902 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 42.3 159% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 438 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 119 153% 278 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 166%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 297GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 167 2525 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1635 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17205 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1598 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1588 (C2) HDA temperature 118 101 25 (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	69.9% Good	Read 143 Write 100 Mixed 133 95% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.19 89% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 229GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 108286216 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1921 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 80834381 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 19145 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1886 (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 75 60 437321753 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 207001 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 51539607577 (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 -126452427113974 (F1) Unknown 100 253 33245191045 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30511932795	82.2% Excellent	Read 132 Write 155 Mixed 147 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.26 72% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 26.6 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 26.3 76% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 91%

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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	783x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	284x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	364x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	142x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	75x
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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $447

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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