Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	18.4% 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	52.4% 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 (17%). 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 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 30 '21 at 00:05
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$113 342,244 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)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 581 8-Core 568 77% 574 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.6% 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: 1150 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	18.4% Very poor	Lighting 18.3 Reflection 49.2 Parallax 18.8 15% 28.8 fps	MRender 44.4 Gravity 10.2 Splatting 36.7 25% 30.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 18.4% 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: 60 51 18 9.2 39 18 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 437 Write 89 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 32.6 32% 152 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 20.9 4K Mixed 21.2 103% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 83.7 DQ Write 24.9 DQ Mixed 38.6 32% 49.1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 664GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 169 168 166 166 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 122 Mixed 102 SusWrite 167 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% 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	72.5% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 23.1 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 23 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 57.6 70% 57.6 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.5% 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 1,862 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-E

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	627x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	522x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	169x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	297x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	218x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	62x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $596

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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