Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	78.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170623
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '18 at 16:24
Run Duration	291 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 114 2-Core 217 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 642 66% 533 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 30520037608052 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2599 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 181 (B7) Unknown 100 100 493 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 37 53 51543080997 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 181 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 60 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 314136 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 63 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 94 94 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 314136 (F2) Unknown 100 100 549245 (F9) Unknown 100 100 64302	78.5% Very good	Read 460 Write 263 Mixed 313 76% 345 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 99.4 4K Mixed 20.3 121% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 32.9 69% 142 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 91%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 934GB free Firmware: 82.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 169 4383 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1136 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4331 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1067 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1902 (C2) HDA temperature 113 107 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	74.3% Very good	Read 155 Write 104 Mixed 119 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.22 86% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 86%
Kingston DataTraveler HyperX USB 3.0 64GB-$104 633 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 40GB free, PID 162b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 273 Write 24.7 Mixed 37 93% 111 MB/s	4K Read 9.53 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.76 80% 3.62 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 83%
I 16GB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 6GB free, PID null Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	5.31% Terrible	Read 21.6 Write 5.09 Mixed 7.92 12% 11.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.48 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.004 17% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.31% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x16GB 9,797 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.9% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 28.1 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 34.7 SC Mixed 26 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 95%

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Gaming 69%

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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	782x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	283x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	363x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	169x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	142x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
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 $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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $452

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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