Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.8% 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	122% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	12.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '20 at 00:41
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 97.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 244 90% 157 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 677 68% 553 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 118 Parallax 109 88% 112 fps	MRender 99.7 Gravity 104 Splatting 106 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 372GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 430 458 461 462 467 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 470 Mixed 447 SusWrite 448 106% 469 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 56.1 184% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 294 241% 343 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 125%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 569GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1203 1301 1483 1516 1516 674 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 1,442 Write 1,559 Mixed 1,094 SusWrite 1282 303% 1,344 MB/s	4K Read 63.1 4K Write 204 4K Mixed 88.2 317% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 636 DQ Write 906 DQ Mixed 269 344% 604 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 255%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 415GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 493 493 493 494 493 493 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 487 Mixed 404 SusWrite 493 106% 472 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 65 217% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 134%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 180 177 180 180 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 149 Mixed 72.4 SusWrite 176 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 96%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 700GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 111 113 114 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 124 Write 126 Mixed 86.9 SusWrite 112 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 101%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 604 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 1GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 142 Write 37.4 Mixed 45 75% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 10.9 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.6 129% 4.5 MB/s
Poor: 9% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 29 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 31.8 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

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 $241Bench 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