Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.2% 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	112% 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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '17 at 18:04
Run Duration	356 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 778 80% 648 Pts	64-Core 779 48% 779 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 118 Parallax 105 94% 113 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 0.47 Splatting 93.1 54% 63.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 411GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4332 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 808 (B1) Unknown 99 99 15 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 57 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 140 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12355658887	112% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 402 Mixed 417 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 47.6 172% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 120 146% 259 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$59 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 4333 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 74 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 330 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 56 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 520 (C2) HDA temperature 113 108 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	85.3% Excellent	Read 140 Write 157 Mixed 137 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.28 117% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 336GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 99204886 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13536 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 55 274921986564 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 15823 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8564 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 25770197006 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 64 538574880 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 85899345952 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 27 99204886 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 108465104133917 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3149743402 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1880662882	67.7% Good	Read 123 Write 113 Mixed 95.4 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 68%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 2GB free Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: Unknown Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	3.97% Terrible	Read 7.86 Write 4.68 Mixed 5.82 5% 6.12 MB/s	4K Read 3.99 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.02 168% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.97% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.8% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 11.5 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 13.5 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 104%

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Typical Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA Builds (Compare 1,505 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	790x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	286x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	365x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	172x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	144x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	75x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	45x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	65x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	61x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	34x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $447

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16