Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.2% 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	71.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). 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	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '21 at 22:25
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Memory 80.3 1-Core 104 2-Core 209 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 365 47% 355 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 22D2) CLim: 1212 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	20.2% Poor	Lighting 23.9 Reflection 28.3 Parallax 33.8 20% 28.7 fps	MRender 27.3 Gravity 25.7 Splatting 25.9 22% 26.3 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 527GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 282 281 296 298 285 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 431 Write 310 Mixed 268 SusWrite 291 73% 325 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 27.2 104% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 58.8 DQ Mixed 79.1 63% 89.8 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 117%
WD WD120EMFZ-11A6JA0 12TB 507 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 9TB free Firmware: 81.00A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 201 189 182 200 200 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 180 Mixed 127 SusWrite 195 126% 171 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.8 449% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 115%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 259GB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 37 37 36 35 32 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 34.1 Write 35.8 Mixed 29.4 SusWrite 33.4 45% 33.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.1 49% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.2% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 24.7 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 19.7 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 80 50% 80 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 114%

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

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Typical Z170-E Builds (Compare 1,840 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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 $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