Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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	302% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '18 at 23:55
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 249 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 740 73% 596 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E2) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 192 Parallax 174 143% 180 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 170 Splatting 118 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB 612 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 409GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 2067 589 596 579 584 591 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	302% Outstanding	Read 2,571 Write 2,355 Mixed 1,434 SusWrite 834 401% 1,799 MB/s	4K Read 66.2 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 91.1 308% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1238 DQ Write 1,123 DQ Mixed 1,173 882% 1,178 MB/s
Poor: 208% ↑ This bench: 302% Great: 332%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1TB free Firmware: MU01.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 121 125 126 125 125 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	12.2% Very poor	Read 85.5 Write 116 Mixed 59 SusWrite 122 22% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.7 5% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 31 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 30.3 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 106%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z170-E Builds (Compare 1,840 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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 $94Bench 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