Asus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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 Drive59.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardAsus Z170 PRO GAMING/AURA  (all builds)
Memory12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
DisplayЦвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161027
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 03 '19 at 12:32
Run Duration117 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU 100%
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 PC Performing below expectations (39th 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 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
78.8% Very good
Memory 81.2
1-Core 89
2-Core 198
70% 123 Pts
4-Core 411
8-Core 698
67% 555 Pts
64-Core 714
44% 714 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 78.8%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
105% Outstanding
Lighting 136
Reflection 143
Parallax 136
111% 138 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 131
Splatting 108
95% 117 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 105%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120
154GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM02.H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 418 420 329 391 404 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
59.3% Above average
Read 361
Write 461
Mixed 339
SusWrite 398
88% 390 MB/s
4K Read 25.5
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 21
66% 15.5 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 59.3%
Great: 111%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 133 134 134 133 133 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
78.2% Very good
Read 139
Write 137
Mixed 90.5
SusWrite 133
92% 125 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1
190% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 78.2%
Great: 84%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing below potential (1st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
34.4% Below average
MC Read 11.6
MC Write 12.3
MC Mixed 10.2
32% 11.4 GB/s
SC Read 8.5
SC Write 11.1
SC Mixed 11.5
30% 10.4 GB/s
Latency 78.4
51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 34.4%
Great: 85%

 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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