Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '21 at 23:44
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$130 342,244 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 (100^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 570 8-Core 568 76% 569 Pts	64-Core 559 35% 559 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1090 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Lighting 89.8 Reflection 71.6 Parallax 118 73% 93.1 fps	MRender 64.6 Gravity 81.5 Splatting 43.9 50% 63.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU635 240GB-$20 12,702 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: N181017a SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 13 41 26 27 46 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 466 Write 440 Mixed 367 SusWrite 27 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 47.3 4K Mixed 24.6 111% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 64.2 DQ Write 9.8 DQ Mixed 15.4 17% 29.8 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 664GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 166 168 169 165 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 119 Mixed 87.7 SusWrite 168 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD BLS4G4D26BFSE.8FB BLS4G4D26BFSE.8FBD2 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.9% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 23.2 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 22.6 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 91%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z170-E Builds (Compare 1,856 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-E

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	627x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	518x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	169x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	296x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	217x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	157x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	79x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	78x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	53x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	85x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	64x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	62x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $460

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16