Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.8% 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	37.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '20 at 17:00
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 86.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 272 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 496 64% 482 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Asus(1043 869F) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3003 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.59 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.8% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 23.1 Parallax 18.8 16% 20.6 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 20.6 Splatting 26.9 21% 25.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 57 35 38 44 47 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 457 Write 104 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 46 34% 161 MB/s	4K Read 10.9 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 0.1 48% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 63.1 DQ Mixed 13.6 29% 60.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 78%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 36GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 285 109 122 120 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 467 Mixed 384 SusWrite 191 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 51.1 194% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 134%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 127GB free Firmware: 03.00C06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 67 67 67 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 83.7 Write 79.3 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 66.4 54% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 795GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 183 183 184 182 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 132 Mixed 88 SusWrite 183 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB 3,999 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.8% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 23 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 19.7 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 93%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-E

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	614x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	513x
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