Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	114% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '18 at 22:45
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 492 66% 493 Pts	64-Core 491 30% 491 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AB) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.2% Above average	Lighting 71.5 Reflection 69 Parallax 61.7 58% 67.4 fps	MRender 64 Gravity 65 Splatting 62.7 52% 63.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 76GB free Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 200 197 200 198 197 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 490 Write 465 Mixed 335 SusWrite 220 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 70 4K Mixed 39.6 136% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 252 209% 300 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 100%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 230 228 212 153 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 489 Mixed 372 SusWrite 221 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 60.9 209% 74.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS2754D117-488 240GB 1,955 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 18GB free Firmware: CS211101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 288 287 292 290 221 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 290 Mixed 272 SusWrite 274 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 41.5 155% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 178 160% 241 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 548GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 171 171 173 172 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 184 Mixed 116 SusWrite 172 122% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.8FARG 2x4GB 1,002 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	77.8% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 23.3 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 24.7 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 88%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-E

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	622x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	517x
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	216x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	156x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	79x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	79x
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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	64x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	62x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $450

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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