Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	12.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	65.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '16 at 19:38
Run Duration	86 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 558 74% 557 Pts	64-Core 557 34% 557 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% PNY(196E 0865) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Lighting 14.5 Reflection 17 Parallax 13 12% 14.8 fps	MRender 20.6 Gravity 15.1 Splatting 16.9 14% 17.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 14%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 588 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 300 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 323 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65542 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1139	65.7% Good	Read 495 Write 297 Mixed 353 84% 382 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 8.62 81% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 25.5 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 8.51 36% 74.6 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.M16FAD 2x8GB 240 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2472 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 29.7 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 34.4 SC Mixed 27.7 78% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 89%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-E

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	617x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	515x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	167x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	294x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	216x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	155x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	79x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	78x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	52x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	84x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	64x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	62x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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