Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.7% 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	94.2% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 03:57
Run Duration	85 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 242 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 492 64% 480 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% PNY(196E 11A0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 114 Parallax 97.9 85% 105 fps	MRender 98.4 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 99.7 81% 98.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 88%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q 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 99 99 2981 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1095 (B1) Unknown 98 98 38 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 67 58 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 26 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18101241784	94.2% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 364 Mixed 392 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 25.7 140% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 25.9 74% 161 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 2x4GB 15,450 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 25.1 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 22.1 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 90%

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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	618x
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 $45Bench 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 $300	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 $45	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