Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	1.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170623
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '21 at 19:12
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 99.2 2-Core 214 74% 132 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 381 53% 393 Pts	64-Core 379 24% 379 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 04FB) CLim: 1330 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.3.1 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.2% Average	Lighting 61.6 Reflection 61.8 Parallax 85.6 50% 69.7 fps	MRender 64.2 Gravity 67.9 Splatting 46 47% 59.4 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR011 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 377 Write 311 Mixed 170 63% 286 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 18.7 102% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 140 136% 213 MB/s
Poor: 67% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 713GB free Firmware: 0001 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,877 Write 38.5 Mixed 62 1,188% 1,659 MB/s	4K Read 632 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 2.4 26,634% 212 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 105%
WD Blue 320GB (2010)-$40 13,720 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 180GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 95 94 93 91 93 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 66.2 Write 69.7 Mixed 52 SusWrite 93.1 52% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Avexir DDR4-2400 CL16 4GB 2x4GB 309 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2187 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.2% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 13 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 13 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 82%

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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	788x
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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	171x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	143x

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 $37Bench 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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16