Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 44%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 40%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (8th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 92 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics57.5% 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)
Boot Drive182% 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.
Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA  (all builds)
Memory7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160630
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateMay 14 '20 at 11:24
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User FIN-User
Background CPU 53%

 PC Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
68.7% Good
Memory 76.9
1-Core 109
2-Core 199
73% 128 Pts
4-Core 325
8-Core 669
58% 497 Pts
64-Core 650
40% 650 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 68.7%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Gigabyte(1458 3769) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
57.5% Above average
Lighting 72.4
Reflection 144
Parallax 99.1
59% 105 fps
MRender 57.6
Gravity 83.6
Splatting 60.4
55% 67.2 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 57.5%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139
178GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 608 575 563 556 543 577 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
182% Outstanding
Read 1,631
Write 549
Mixed 598
SusWrite 570
184% 837 MB/s
4K Read 31.7
4K Write 89.2
4K Mixed 44.3
152% 55.1 MB/s
DQ Read 959
DQ Write 604
DQ Mixed 735
560% 766 MB/s
Poor: 159%
This bench: 182%
Great: 353%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30
107GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 92 96 99 106 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
54.2% Above average
Read 91.8
Write 108
Mixed 70.5
SusWrite 96.7
68% 91.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.9
180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 54.2%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$60
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
59.5% Above average
MC Read 24
MC Write 22.3
MC Mixed 19.8
63% 22 GB/s
SC Read 11.8
SC Write 14.5
SC Mixed 14
38% 13.4 GB/s
Latency 86.6
46% 86.6 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 59.5%
Great: 111%

 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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Intel Core i5-12600K $182Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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