Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.23% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	71.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160630
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '16 at 00:39
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 113 2-Core 219 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 676 64% 531 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4501 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	4.23% Terrible	Lighting 2.63 Reflection 3.69 Parallax 6.66 2% 4.33 fps	MRender 8.48 Gravity 6.03 Splatting 14.1 8% 9.55 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.23% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 67 141735165979 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 909326571 (F7) Unknown 100 100 28493375 (F8) Unknown 100 100 15828321 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1928 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	71.8% Very good	Read 477 Write 329 Mixed 334 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 13.1 98% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 25.1 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 14.7 36% 71.2 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 99%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$83 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 62546544 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 14 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 56367 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 72 471072795 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 62 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 85899345947 (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 -116909009797108 (F1) Unknown 100 253 51089115 (F2) Unknown 100 253 35050655	94.2% Outstanding	Read 131 Write 196 Mixed 142 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 5.24 4K Mixed 0.65 202% 2.22 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 143318528 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 377 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 77500471 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12425 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 369 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 63 471007258 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 523 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 77309411354 (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 9251359567992 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3388003394 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7623340393	94.1% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 157 Mixed 146 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.34 110% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 112%
Sandisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 12GB free Firmware: 1.27 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Read 29.3 Write 12.3 Mixed 16.7 14% 19.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.26 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 1.33 440% 3.11 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 25.9 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 19.4 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 104%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	798x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	287x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	367x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	174x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	147x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	76x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	66x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	61x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	34x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $581

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359