Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	104% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '20 at 07:06
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 150 2-Core 299 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 532 65% 499 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Asus(1043 04C2) CLim: 1370 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.7.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Lighting 66.3 Reflection 65 Parallax 86.8 54% 72.7 fps	MRender 65.5 Gravity 61.2 Splatting 53.3 48% 60 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 286 289 282 289 289 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 479 Mixed 378 SusWrite 300 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 50.3 174% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 271 199% 267 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 425GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 172 288 284 291 282 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 521 Write 475 Mixed 393 SusWrite 289 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 36.2 125% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 183 148% 216 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 101%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: JP4OA3GH SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 133 134 131 134 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 132 Write 135 Mixed 68.6 SusWrite 133 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 29.6 98% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 30.9 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 103%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-E

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	618x
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 $94Bench 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 $31Bench 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 $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 $45	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