Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.7% 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	67.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '17 at 15:29
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 290 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 779 79% 640 Pts	64-Core 794 49% 794 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 114 Parallax 97.7 85% 105 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 96.6 Splatting 101 81% 98.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (A2) Unknown 100 100 172 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 60 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14	67.8% Good	Read 503 Write 303 Mixed 245 77% 350 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 72.7 4K Mixed 6.94 79% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 30.4 58% 117 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3081496 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 9 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 2295 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 74 436928538 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 34 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 47244640282 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 100957501259777 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3074746 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2160800	102% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 176 Mixed 163 130% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.23 92% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2TB free Firmware: 9300 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 127 Write 121 Mixed 119 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 0.42 4K Mixed 0.12 47% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 9,275 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	MC Read 30 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 22.8 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 24.2 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 86%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-E

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	622x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	517x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	167x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	296x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	216x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	156x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	79x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	79x
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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	64x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	62x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $450

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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