Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	71.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '20 at 10:00
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 76.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 165 69% 117 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 535 57% 453 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.4% Very good	Lighting 90 Reflection 99.6 Parallax 90.4 73% 93.3 fps	MRender 81.4 Gravity 88.4 Splatting 79 68% 82.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKJW120H6 120GB 480 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 149 136 134 123 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 349 Write 178 Mixed 221 SusWrite 135 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 62.8 4K Mixed 29.4 108% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 108 94% 139 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 85%
WD Blue 500GB-$94 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 179GB free Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 305 303 300 300 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 408 Write 356 Mixed 272 SusWrite 305 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 46.1 4K Mixed 25.2 83% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 236 198% 287 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 107%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 554GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 96 98 97 98 99 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	57% Above average	Read 100 Write 97.3 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 97.7 66% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 186% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 2x16GB 2,512 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	61.8% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 19.9 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 16.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 87 46% 87 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 61.8% 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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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-E

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	617x
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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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