Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics105% 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 Drive574% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardAsus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA  (all builds)
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160630
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 19 '19 at 23:58
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
87.9% Excellent
Memory 95.8
1-Core 120
2-Core 234
86% 150 Pts
4-Core 462
8-Core 463
62% 463 Pts
64-Core 465
29% 465 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 87.9%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
105% Outstanding
Lighting 137
Reflection 145
Parallax 124
112% 135 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 131
Splatting 108
96% 118 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 105%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119
124GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 45 47 47 47 51 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
574% Outstanding
Read 6384
Write 50.5
Mixed 102
SusWrite 46.1
342% 1,646 MB/s
4K Read 783
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 6.4
1,196% 264 MB/s
Poor: 95%
This bench: 574%
Great: 144%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 182 181 184 183 183 MB/s
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 188
Write 152
Mixed 83.5
SusWrite 182
111% 151 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 106%
Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 32GB-$8
29GB free, PID 5591
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 138
Write 97.3
Mixed 106
139% 113 MB/s
4K Read 5
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 4.2
287% 4.3 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 39%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
110% Outstanding
MC Read 39.3
MC Write 43.2
MC Mixed 36.9
114% 39.8 GB/s
SC Read 20.6
SC Write 42.4
SC Mixed 29.5
88% 30.8 GB/s
Latency 54.5
73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 110%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA Builds (Compare 1,483 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $461
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HDDRAMUSB
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