Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.36% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	98.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '20 at 12:00
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500T 9,313 User benchmarks, average bench 61% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 96.9 2-Core 187 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 354 47% 354 Pts	64-Core 363 22% 363 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 4600 1,222 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Nvidia(10DE 0408) 768MB Ram: 768MB, Driver: 341.74 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	4.36% Terrible	Lighting 5.47 Reflection 6.69 Parallax 1.94 4% 4.7 fps	MRender 5.9 Gravity 4.3 Splatting 5.17 4% 5.13 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.36% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZNLN256HCHP-000L7 256GB 2,407 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT22L6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 283 289 290 291 289 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 292 Mixed 243 SusWrite 286 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 40.3 161% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 231 196% 288 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 99%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 579GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 114 113 114 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 119 Write 108 Mixed 75.6 SusWrite 112 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 930GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 106 108 107 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 112 Write 105 Mixed 75.4 SusWrite 107 74% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 104 105 104 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 110 Write 101 Mixed 66.4 SusWrite 104 70% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 37,374 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.3% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 21.7 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 23.2 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 107%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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