Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	22.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	17.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '20 at 17:15
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 138 2-Core 236 90% 157 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 694 68% 559 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.7% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 137 Parallax 128 103% 131 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 125 Splatting 99.8 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$69 12,601 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,897 Write 896 Mixed 786 261% 1,193 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 58.3 214% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,188 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 511 439% 673 MB/s
Poor: 136% Great: 262%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 143GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 467 477 484 467 415 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 466 Mixed 386 SusWrite 460 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 59.2 203% 71.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%
Phison APS-XS03-960 960GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 785GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 6.6 6.4 6.2 7 6.2 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	0.81% Terrible	Read 6.3 Write 5.5 Mixed 6.5 SusWrite 6.4 1% 6.17 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 0% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 0.81% Great: 67%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 789GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 98 101 105 103 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 112 Write 140 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 102 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 100%
Generic MassStorageClass 128GB 1,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 13GB free, PID 0749 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 85 85 85 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 88.5 Write 82.2 Mixed 65 SusWrite 84.4 108% 80 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 4.4 278% 4.53 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 27.8 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 26.5 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 105%

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

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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	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 $45Bench 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 $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