Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.8% 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	83.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160627
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '17 at 20:54
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 287 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 514 67% 507 Pts	64-Core 545 34% 545 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.8% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 116 Parallax 97.3 83% 105 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 94.9 Splatting 98.3 79% 96.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 49GB free Firmware: S8FM08.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9648 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 870 (A8) Unknown 100 100 172004 (AA) Unknown 100 100 292 (AD) Unknown 100 100 393227 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (DA) Unknown 100 100 467 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1046	75.2% Very good	Read 464 Write 416 Mixed 434 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 8.92 87% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 22.5 54% 109 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 99%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12959 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1434 (B1) Unknown 91 91 98 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 54 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 139 (EB) Unknown 99 99 240 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24074794859	83.7% Excellent	Read 495 Write 350 Mixed 315 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 20.4 125% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 44.1 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 19.9 50% 99.8 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 108%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 186 149 9666 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 750 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2886 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 310 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 740 (C2) HDA temperature 129 115 23 (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	76.2% Very good	Read 177 Write 88.2 Mixed 124 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.32 113% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 112%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 130 130 21493907747 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2041 (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 99 99 10058 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 934 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2068 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2068 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 171799871520 (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	104% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 178 Mixed 173 135% 179 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.2 110% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 579GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 111655048 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 333 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 12869015 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4505 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 85 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 71 64 521404445 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8846 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 73014444061 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -14615773705351 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13508085869 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22521696980	87.1% Excellent	Read 149 Write 155 Mixed 133 109% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.18 63% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 88GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 160 6725 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5252 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17067 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2571 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 320 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 62398 (C2) HDA temperature 120 89 30 (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	40.2% Average	Read 72 Write 67.9 Mixed 58.8 50% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.14 62% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.8% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 16.5 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 15.4 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 110%

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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	625x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	518x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	167x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	296x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	217x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	156x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	79x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	78x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	53x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	84x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	64x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	62x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $457

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16