Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	263% 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	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

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151109
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '19 at 19:21
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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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)	79.6% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 102 2-Core 199 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 406 54% 407 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.6% 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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 110 Parallax 102 87% 106 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 100 Splatting 100 81% 98.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.1% 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% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1041 882 884 886 860 810 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 2291 Write 2,044 Mixed 1,580 SusWrite 894 381% 1702 MB/s	4K Read 54.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 71.3 232% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,112 DQ Write 890 DQ Mixed 1,002 750% 1,001 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 355%
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 21GB free Firmware: X31200RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 455 Write 412 Mixed 285 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 41.2 145% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 247 198% 278 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 93%
WD Re 2TB-$33 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 433GB free Firmware: 01.01D02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 111 Write 35.8 Mixed 42.8 SusWrite 37.4 42% 56.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.7% 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	98.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 33.7 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 26 77% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 98.7% 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 1,860 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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	627x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	521x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 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 $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	78x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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 $44Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	62x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $499

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	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