Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 03:37
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 90.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 282 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 557 8-Core 787 84% 672 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 202 Parallax 196 150% 194 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 179 Splatting 127 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 11132520 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -43533788494865 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1981 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 716 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11132520 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11132520 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11132520 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16163 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15893 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15893 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15140	45.4% Average	Read 192 Write 115 Mixed 118 31% 141 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 11.1 98% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 19.4 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 8.71 22% 44.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 61%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 163 6525 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2496 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4449 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 719 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 111 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 25100 (C2) HDA temperature 120 103 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 80 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.6% Good	Read 115 Write 96.7 Mixed 92.3 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.17 55% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 67%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 72 72 9160 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5054 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 13484 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 11649 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 16 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1888 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 63 420806681 (C2) HDA temperature 75 60 437583897 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2928968 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 7 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	59.2% Above average	Read 105 Write 102 Mixed 99.6 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.41 102% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 58%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 305GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 9595 (03) Spinup time 143 141 3850 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4184 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11344 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2832 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 661 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3522 (C2) HDA temperature 110 93 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.6% Good	Read 108 Write 103 Mixed 107 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.5 117% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBD 2x16GB 3,191 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 26 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 24.6 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 89%

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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 $81Bench 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 $300	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 $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