Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '16 at 19:41
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 260 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 766 74% 607 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2177 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 124 Parallax 101 89% 111 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0330AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 305 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 39 (A3) Unknown 100 100 571 (94) Unknown 100 100 43330 (95) Unknown 100 100 608 (96) Unknown 100 100 420 (97) Unknown 100 100 585 (A4) Unknown 100 100 14805 (A5) Unknown 100 100 33 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 11 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45256777859106 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 162236 (F2) Unknown 100 100 43028 (F5) Unknown 100 100 174884 (F6) Unknown 100 100 173320 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	80.1% Excellent	Read 493 Write 245 Mixed 268 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 25.6 116% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 46.2 86% 175 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 95%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 136 136 34387460518 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 388 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 27962 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 182 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 756 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 756 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 283468693539 (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 200 200 0	87.3% Excellent	Read 156 Write 148 Mixed 152 115% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.22 101% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 107%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 177 8033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 223 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1620 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1295 (C2) HDA temperature 120 114 32 (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	60.1% Good	Read 101 Write 108 Mixed 98.9 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.26 103% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 96%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 500GB free Firmware: ML6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 104 (03) Spinup time 135 135 34386411925 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 455 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 146 146 29 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 42732 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 219 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 534 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 534 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 317828366370 (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 200 200 0	53.9% Above average	Read 85.8 Write 102 Mixed 92.3 70% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.25 81% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 26.1 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 40.6 SC Mixed 27.9 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 115%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-E

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	614x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	512x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	167x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	293x
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 $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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