Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 99.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89% 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	92.9% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '18 at 03:52
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 156 2-Core 273 98% 175 Pts	4-Core 604 8-Core 603 81% 604 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2058 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 124 Parallax 104 90% 113 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 103 Splatting 109 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 mSATA 256GB 6,648 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT4AD0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 252 258 251 252 260 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 266 Mixed 199 SusWrite 252 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 32.1 145% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 82.4 123% 235 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 83%
Hua722020ala330 59Y5485 59Y1795IBM 2TB 164 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: JKAOA34H SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 115 117 117 116 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 122 Write 120 Mixed 59.2 SusWrite 117 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 71%
Hua722020ala330 59Y5485 59Y1795IBM 2TB 164 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: JKAOA34H SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 110 111 113 113 113 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 108 Write 114 Mixed 59.2 SusWrite 112 72% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 71%
Hua722020ala330 59Y5485 59Y1795IBM 2TB 164 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: JKAOA34H SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 116 114 118 116 114 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 106 Write 109 Mixed 57 SusWrite 116 71% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 360GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 115 114 121 118 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	69% Good	Read 123 Write 90.2 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 117 72% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 88%
HUA72202 0ALA330 2TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 122 124 124 122 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 126 Write 124 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 123 141% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 81% 1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2800C16-8GRR Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD2 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2700, 2700 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	92.3% Outstanding	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 30.6 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 35.5 SC Mixed 27.3 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 107%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-E

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	624x
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 $94Bench 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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16