Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics80% 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 Drive92.4% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA  (all builds)
Memory10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160630
Uptime6.5 Days
Run DateMay 26 '20 at 21:50
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing as expected (47th 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 (72nd percentile)
84.3% Excellent
Memory 92.7
1-Core 127
2-Core 238
87% 153 Pts
4-Core 409
8-Core 650
65% 530 Pts
64-Core 660
41% 660 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 84.3%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75
Performing below potential (58th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
80% Very good
Lighting 99.3
Reflection 106
Parallax 91.1
81% 98.9 fps
MRender 94
Gravity 94.7
Splatting 97.1
78% 95.3 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 80%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150
138GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M0CR031
SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 385 326 229 231 232 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
92.4% Outstanding
Read 397
Write 357
Mixed 362
SusWrite 293
79% 352 MB/s
4K Read 26.7
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 39.4
148% 57.7 MB/s
DQ Read 346
DQ Write 249
DQ Mixed 329
238% 308 MB/s
Poor: 65%
This bench: 92.4%
Great: 99%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100
194GB free
Firmware: MX6OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 97 98 99 99 98 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
60.3% Good
Read 112
Write 111
Mixed 36.7
SusWrite 97.9
65% 89.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 60.3%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (25th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
69.1% Good
MC Read 26.4
MC Write 26.2
MC Mixed 19.6
69% 24.1 GB/s
SC Read 17
SC Write 24.7
SC Mixed 22.1
61% 21.3 GB/s
Latency 62.6
64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 69.1%
Great: 104%

 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 1,483 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: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $461
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