Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	100% 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	97.1% 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

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151022
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '18 at 00:50
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 231 92% 158 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 797 77% 632 Pts	64-Core 794 49% 794 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 143 Parallax 133 105% 135 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 127 Splatting 103 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 472 175 133 132 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 472 Mixed 382 SusWrite 250 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 42 165% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 256 200% 271 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 95%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 23GB free Firmware: 04.04V02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 108 105 108 108 106 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 96.3 Write 97 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 107 68% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 219% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 69%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 114GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 80 83 85 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 84.7 Write 68.5 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 83.2 52% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 56%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$40 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 511GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 158 134 160 162 163 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 149 Write 149 Mixed 20 SusWrite 155 85% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 147% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 107%
Memorex Mini TravelDrive 2GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 2GB free, PID 0020 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.6 3.9 3.9 3.8 4 3.9 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	4.17% Terrible	Read 12.3 Write 2 Mixed 3 SusWrite 3.8 6% 5.27 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 24% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.17% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3000-MR 2x8GB 3,342 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 26.7 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 36.1 SC Mixed 29.4 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 101%

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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%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-E

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	627x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	521x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	169x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	297x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	217x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	157x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	79x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	78x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	53x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	85x
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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $450

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16