Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	81.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151109
Uptime	16.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '19 at 20:09
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^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 below expectations (24^th percentile)	60% Good	Memory 72.3 1-Core 91.2 2-Core 176 65% 113 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 315 38% 292 Pts	64-Core 329 20% 329 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 105 Parallax 89.7 85% 99.5 fps	MRender 90.5 Gravity 94.7 Splatting 89.9 75% 91.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,999 Write 1,684 Mixed 1,425 378% 1,703 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 78.6 4K Mixed 53.9 174% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 951 DQ Write 606 DQ Mixed 892 634% 816 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 21GB free Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 78 31 28 32 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	60% Good	Read 348 Write 130 Mixed 122 SusWrite 51.9 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 48.7 4K Mixed 29.9 98% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 144 143% 230 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 93%
WD Re 2TB-$28 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 425GB free Firmware: 01.01D02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 38 37 38 37 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 107 Write 37.8 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 37.2 42% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 Avexir DDR4-3000 CL16 4GB CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 Avexir DDR4-3000 CL16 4GB 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3007, 3007, 3007, 3007 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	82.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 35 MC Mixed 27.2 88% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 22.4 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 96.1 42% 96.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 83%

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

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Typical Z170-E Builds (Compare 1,831 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	612x
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	215x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	154x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	79x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	77x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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