Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	83.3% 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.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '18 at 08:47
Run Duration	86 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 695 73% 584 Pts	64-Core 702 43% 702 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKKF360H6 360GB 205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSF036P Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 27 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 285 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 74 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 47 58 120262885423 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 74 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 51298 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 51298 (F2) Unknown 100 100 42815 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1072 (FC) Unknown 100 100 4	83.3% Excellent	Read 489 Write 446 Mixed 492 106% 476 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 17.2 116% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 21.8 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 16.3 27% 48.9 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 93%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 568GB free Firmware: SBM3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 64 81412220 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1142 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 25350746 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -90194311945 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 859 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 9 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 54 454557723 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 140 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8615 (C2) HDA temperature 27 46 47244640283 (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 26435523707419 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11296804446 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5145372581 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	60.8% Good	Read 108 Write 103 Mixed 67.3 69% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 4.48 4K Mixed 0.57 182% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.16FAR 1x8GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 15.3 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 17.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 49%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	782x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	283x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	363x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	169x
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	74x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	45x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $452

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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