Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	95.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (69%). 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, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '19 at 13:31
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	69%

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PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	52.5% Above average	Memory 47.4 1-Core 90.4 2-Core 174 56% 104 Pts	4-Core 309 8-Core 531 51% 420 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2547 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.5% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 131 Parallax 116 98% 122 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 121 Splatting 104 90% 110 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 110%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.12% Terrible	Lighting 6.67 Reflection 8.31 Parallax 6.22 5% 7.06 fps	MRender 7.05 Gravity 6.07 Splatting 12.7 7% 8.59 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.12% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 480GB-$152 5,920 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 56 100 93 98 98 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 265 Write 132 Mixed 274 SusWrite 101 43% 193 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 185 176% 275 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 38.5 65% 26.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 99%
HGST HUS 724020ALE640 2TB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2TB free, PID 8016 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 36 38 37 37 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Read 34.2 Write 34.5 Mixed 30 SusWrite 37 46% 33.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 30% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3007 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	39.8% Below average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 13.2 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 6.5 21% 7.27 GB/s	Latency 171 23% 171 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 101%

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

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	785x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	284x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	364x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	142x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	75x
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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $447

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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