Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161027
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '19 at 15:16
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^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, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 78.7 1-Core 104 2-Core 166 68% 116 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 523 52% 424 Pts	64-Core 593 37% 593 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.3% Below average	Lighting 33.6 Reflection 38 Parallax 35.5 27% 35.7 fps	MRender 30.9 Gravity 36.8 Splatting 74.5 42% 47.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 443 Write 344 Mixed 308 81% 365 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 37.3 133% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 548 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 389 293% 399 MB/s
Poor: 134% Great: 292%
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 136GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 181 180 179 178 179 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 470 Write 429 Mixed 353 SusWrite 209 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 60.6 4K Mixed 32.1 114% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 200 184% 280 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 97%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 931GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 387 384 402 392 386 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 426 Write 361 Mixed 355 SusWrite 382 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 54.6 4K Mixed 34.8 113% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 297 231% 318 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 125%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 58GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 87 100 100 103 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 102 Write 98 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 98.8 69% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 118 119 120 120 121 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 190 Write 150 Mixed 87 SusWrite 118 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 169 169 169 171 169 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 129 Mixed 73 SusWrite 169 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GC3000C15K4 2x8GB 1,531 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	68.6% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 22.3 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 17.8 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 83 48% 83 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 104%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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