Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '17 at 23:19
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 147 2-Core 287 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 816 76% 635 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2099 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 118 Parallax 107 90% 112 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 102 Splatting 105 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2234 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 204 (64) Unknown 100 100 2247504 (65) Unknown 100 100 158224 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 42 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 96 96 1325 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 687 (B7) Unknown 99 99 7 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 100 171799674914 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 96 96 4 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3973 (EA) Unknown 100 100 783 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2577 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1757 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1	65.9% Good	Read 466 Write 192 Mixed 215 64% 291 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 10.9 91% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 27.5 72% 157 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 82%
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 12GB free Firmware: 2CV102M3 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7042 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 456 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 121 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 91145 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	41.3% Average	Read 259 Write 73.9 Mixed 116 32% 150 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 62.2 4K Mixed 6.15 74% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 75.9 DQ Mixed 46.4 56% 101 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 44%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 168 4108 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 914 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2033 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 218 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3301 (C2) HDA temperature 110 100 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	77.6% Very good	Read 132 Write 138 Mixed 129 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.19 98% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 86%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2TB free Firmware: JP4OA3GH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 92 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 100 91 (03) Spinup time 129 100 17200840971 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2697 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 136 100 32 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 27557 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 775 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 92 48431715 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 53 606404645 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2767 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2767 (C2) HDA temperature 162 127 201864511525 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	74.5% Very good	Read 135 Write 125 Mixed 120 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.39 100% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 21 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.5 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 88%

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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%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-E

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	623x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	517x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	167x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	296x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	217x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	156x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	79x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	52x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $450

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16