Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% 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	277% 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	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 (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '18 at 20:43
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 142 2-Core 277 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 569 8-Core 550 75% 560 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 4471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 195 Parallax 177 152% 186 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 172 Splatting 119 112% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 415GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1381 1424 1406 1416 1158 787 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 2,121 Write 1,417 Mixed 894 SusWrite 1,262 317% 1,423 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 189 4K Mixed 65.4 258% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,262 DQ Write 396 DQ Mixed 446 429% 701 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 283%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 435GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 131 149 154 151 154 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 148 Write 149 Mixed 20 SusWrite 147 83% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 107%
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB-$28 10,651 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 328GB free Firmware: GKAOAB0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 52 53 53 52 53 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Read 60.5 Write 65.3 Mixed 43 SusWrite 52.8 41% 55.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB 16,624 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 30.1 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 28.4 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 89%

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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