Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	212% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '19 at 20:04
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 193 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 412 56% 414 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 3351) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Lighting 47 Reflection 31.7 Parallax 39.4 38% 39.4 fps	MRender 38.3 Gravity 43.4 Splatting 37.5 32% 39.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 12,045 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: V9001b31 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 873 953 943 951 849 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,905 Write 913 Mixed 834 SusWrite 779 245% 1,108 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 56.1 201% 79.3 MB/s	DQ Read 410 DQ Write 759 DQ Mixed 620 461% 597 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 278%
Transcend TS1TSSD370S 1TB 494 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 94GB free Firmware: O0919A SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 403 397 332 321 410 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 396 Mixed 318 SusWrite 372 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 53.9 181% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 196 163% 235 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-014.A00G 2x4GB 1,428 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 24.7 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 24.3 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 87%

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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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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	616x
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 $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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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