Asus Z170-E

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 98.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	68.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '17 at 23:58
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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)	98.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 153 2-Core 307 101% 185 Pts	4-Core 590 8-Core 599 79% 595 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6686) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 149 Reflection 153 Parallax 134 122% 145 fps	Gravity 142 Splatting 112 110% 127 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 215GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR050 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4439 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 229 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 24 (AE) Unknown 100 100 62 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 51 210454315036 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5899956070 (F7) Unknown 100 100 184946950 (F8) Unknown 100 100 96262583 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1254 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	68.5% Good	Read 473 Write 282 Mixed 312 79% 356 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 13.3 94% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 37.5 54% 92.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 95%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 562GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 176 4016 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 861 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10100 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 827 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 133 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 727 (C2) HDA temperature 119 95 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63.3% Good	Read 119 Write 101 Mixed 106 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.42 130% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 76%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$22 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 148GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 140 3891 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1591 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30645 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1247 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 239 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1351 (C2) HDA temperature 116 90 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.3% Good	Read 119 Write 116 Mixed 110 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.41 104% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 59%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 140GB free, PID 1023 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	9.78% Terrible	Read 17.7 Write 17.1 Mixed 14 21% 16.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.08 42% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 9.78% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD 3x4GB 99 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2473 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	67% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 20.5 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 92%

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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	621x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	516x
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	216x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $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 $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: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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