Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.66% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	110% 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, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '18 at 16:40
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	PRI-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 213 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 406 56% 415 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770 16,639 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Gigabyte(1458 2543) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	5.66% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 5.62 Parallax 6.16 6% 6.39 fps	MRender 5.43 Gravity 5.4 Splatting 6.91 5% 5.91 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 5.66% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 211GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 329 225 228 231 228 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 409 Mixed 352 SusWrite 275 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 56 195% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 327 245% 328 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 585GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 147 148 148 151 151 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 144 Write 147 Mixed 99.9 SusWrite 149 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 228% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 109%
WD WD2500KS-00MJB0 250GB-$78 8,440 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 200GB free Firmware: 02.01C03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 61 60 61 62 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 61.2 Write 61.7 Mixed 49.1 SusWrite 61.1 43% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.5% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12.6 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 12.1 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 104%

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Typical Z170-E Builds (Compare 1,833 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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