Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


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 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '20 at 00:12
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

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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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 86.1 1-Core 141 2-Core 282 93% 170 Pts	4-Core 557 8-Core 557 74% 557 Pts	64-Core 556 34% 556 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Lighting 75 Reflection 77.4 Parallax 74.7 61% 75.7 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 70.8 Splatting 74.2 59% 72.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 60%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.7987 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.79% Terrible	Lighting 8 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 8.62 6% 9.46 fps	MRender 12.3 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 16.3 10% 12 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.79% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 292 131 143 122 20 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 498 Write 467 Mixed 209 SusWrite 157 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 39.8 138% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 136 128% 203 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 92%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 242GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 86 91 92 90 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 127 Write 118 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 89.3 64% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x16GB-$74 9,729 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 25.1 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 22.8 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 87%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	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