Asus Z170 PRO GAMING AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING AURA (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20160831
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '24 at 01:26
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 212 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 611 61% 496 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 2,708 User benchmarks, average bench 75% MSI(1462 8D9D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.86 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Lighting 106 Reflection 89.2 Parallax 93.7 87% 96.4 fps	MRender 87.9 Gravity 75.9 Splatting 68.2 62% 77.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 77%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 559GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR043 SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 390 406 419 379 339 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 354 Write 400 Mixed 358 SusWrite 388 85% 375 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 47.3 154% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 156 167% 279 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 125%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 61GB free Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,572 Write 1,553 Mixed 1,271 327% 1,465 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 57.7 200% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 863 DQ Write 454 DQ Mixed 639 480% 652 MB/s
Poor: 164% Great: 276%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 420GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 177 179 180 177 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 139 Write 118 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 178 84% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.1 378% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C13 2x8GB 2,810 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	84% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 26.1 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 31.7 SC Mixed 25.3 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 97%

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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: 0P 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%	0	62	50	60	22"	1680 979	DELF011 DELL 2209WA

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Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 43%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING AURA

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	18x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	4x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	4x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	3x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	3x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x
850 Pro 2TBSamsung $320Bench 108%, 2,669 samples	2x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	2x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 2666 C13 2x8GBKingstonBench 80%, 2,810 samples	11x
HyperX DDR4 2666 C13 4x8GBKingstonBench 93%, 743 samples	3x
HyperX 3000 C15 2x16GBKingstonBench 88%, 10,048 samples	3x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $396

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 $178	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