Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.7% 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	118% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '18 at 00:19
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 (95^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 125 2-Core 251 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 492 62% 468 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85% 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: 411.70 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.7% Above average	Lighting 74.1 Reflection 73.1 Parallax 64.8 60% 70.7 fps	MRender 68.8 Gravity 67.2 Splatting 67.4 56% 67.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$81 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 53GB free Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 198 193 195 195 191 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 486 Write 473 Mixed 210 SusWrite 201 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 36.9 128% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 254 204% 290 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 100%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 261 257 259 254 252 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 485 Mixed 382 SusWrite 276 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 60.7 209% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 353 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS2754D117-488 240GB 1,955 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 33GB free Firmware: CS211101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 289 288 289 287 291 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 290 Mixed 278 SusWrite 285 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 41.8 156% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 177 160% 244 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 522GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 162 164 165 165 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 180 Mixed 98 SusWrite 164 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.8FARG BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD BLS4G4D240FSA.8FARG BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	83% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 27.1 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 24.6 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 83%

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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	614x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	512x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	167x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	293x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	62x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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