Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	334% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '21 at 16:40
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 268 87% 158 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 719 73% 594 Pts	64-Core 739 46% 739 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 75.5 Reflection 77.8 Parallax 71.6 62% 75 fps	MRender 67.5 Gravity 74.2 Splatting 69.7 58% 70.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$98 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 382GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1551 1761 1817 1802 1774 1771 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	334% Outstanding	Read 1779 Write 1,974 Mixed 1849 SusWrite 1,746 415% 1,837 MB/s	4K Read 60.7 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 105 316% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1,354 DQ Write 1,181 DQ Mixed 1,252 942% 1,262 MB/s
Poor: 274% ↑ This bench: 334% Great: 488%
Transcend TS256GSSD230S 256GB 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 111GB free Firmware: R0427BNR SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 414 414 415 413 415 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 424 Mixed 402 SusWrite 403 96% 424 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 40.6 152% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 244 198% 277 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
Seagate ST500LM030-1RK17D 500GB 12,805 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 465GB free Firmware: RTM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 115 120 122 124 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 108 Write 104 Mixed 57 SusWrite 119 71% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 67%
Seagate ST500LM030-1RK17D 500GB 12,805 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 272GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 124 113 113 113 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 86.4 Write 125 Mixed 53.6 SusWrite 115 70% 95 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.6 197% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend TS512MLH64V1H Corsair CMV4GX4M1A2133C15 TS512MLH64V1H Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	76.2% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.2 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 24.3 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 76%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	7	60	19.5"	1280 720	SAM0B3A S20D300

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-E

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	614x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	512x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	167x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	293x
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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	64x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	62x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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