Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% 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 Drive	79.1% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '18 at 01:03
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 129 2-Core 261 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 481 63% 471 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 179 Parallax 165 137% 171 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 161 Splatting 111 104% 128 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: 520ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 179 177 180 173 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 360 Write 226 Mixed 232 SusWrite 178 56% 249 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 37.3 143% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 196 155% 216 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 65GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 321 318 319 319 319 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 460 Mixed 360 SusWrite 329 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 50.4 192% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 356 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 47GB free Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 224 219 219 216 212 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 944 Write 655 Mixed 575 SusWrite 233 134% 602 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 56.9 202% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 657 DQ Write 503 DQ Mixed 381 339% 514 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 144%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 590GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 124 120 125 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	74% Very good	Read 134 Write 136 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 124 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 74%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 276GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 108 105 108 110 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 81.8 Write 77.3 Mixed 44 SusWrite 108 57% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 74%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 401GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 33 35 37 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 35.7 Write 33.7 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 35.7 41% 30.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 26% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72% Very good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 24.2 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 22.4 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 89%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $94Bench 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