Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.8% 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	52.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '21 at 02:03
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 145 2-Core 298 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 552 66% 511 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.8% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 114 Parallax 103 82% 106 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 100 81% 99.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLV128HCGR-00000 128GB 1,135 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 20 21 28 28 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 350 Write 35.2 Mixed 55.6 SusWrite 24.1 25% 116 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 21 4K Mixed 16.2 86% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 517 DQ Write 25.2 DQ Mixed 40.1 87% 194 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 111%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$99 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 341GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 106 101 109 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	74% Very good	Read 152 Write 149 Mixed 48.9 SusWrite 106 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 90% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3400 C16 Series 2x8GB 778 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3403 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 41.1 MC Write 46.1 MC Mixed 32.3 114% 39.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 27.6 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-E

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	624x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	518x
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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	156x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	79x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	78x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	53x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $457

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16