Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics110% 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 Drive65.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA  (all builds)
Memory20.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180516
Uptime8.8 Days
Run DateJul 28 '19 at 21:03
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%
Watch Gameplay: 5700-XT + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
83.3% Excellent
Memory 88.1
1-Core 126
2-Core 251
86% 155 Pts
4-Core 423
8-Core 688
68% 555 Pts
64-Core 685
42% 685 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 83.3%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.7.1
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Lighting 137
Reflection 116
Parallax 226
112% 160 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 132
Splatting 161
114% 136 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 110%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50
223GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P1225C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 402 405 396 307 223 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
65.8% Good
Read 462
Write 394
Mixed 66.8
SusWrite 355
71% 320 MB/s
4K Read 14
4K Write 26.8
4K Mixed 21.1
62% 20.6 MB/s
DQ Read 216
DQ Write 43.9
DQ Mixed 67
65% 109 MB/s
Poor: 67%
This bench: 65.8%
Great: 105%
Hitachi HDS5C3015ALA632 4TB
1TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 127 120 125 126 131 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Read 64
Write 136
Mixed 19.2
SusWrite 119
61% 84.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 5.6
4K Mixed 0.5
180% 2.2 MB/s
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (39th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
72.3% Very good
MC Read 26.2
MC Write 27.2
MC Mixed 22.8
73% 25.4 GB/s
SC Read 16.7
SC Write 27.7
SC Mixed 23.1
64% 22.5 GB/s
Latency 69.5
58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 72.3%
Great: 94%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA Builds (Compare 1,489 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $447
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