Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	1.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '22 at 17:53
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$299 634,862 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 156 75% 123 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 627 62% 504 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$450 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 112 Parallax 142 103% 127 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 124 Splatting 103 106% 135 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 125 53 52 50 38 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	78% Very good	Read 403 Write 54.6 Mixed 360 SusWrite 77 49% 224 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 40.8 139% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 241 201% 288 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 91%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$37 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 435GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 89 88 86 85 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 83.1 Write 84.4 Mixed 62 SusWrite 87.5 58% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$24 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 624GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 154 154 154 156 155 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 139 Write 145 Mixed 71 SusWrite 154 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 112%
Samsung S2 Portable 3 1TB 612 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 470GB free, PID 60a8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 34 35 35 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 24.3 Write 31.3 Mixed 19.7 SusWrite 34.8 38% 27.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 36% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40 28,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	65.1% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 20.3 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 18 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 104%

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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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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-E

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $221Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	525x
Core i5-6600KIntel $111Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	458x
Core i7-6700Intel $221Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	149x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $119Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	246x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $140Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	194x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	134x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	75x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	71x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	50x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	72x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	56x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $452

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $316	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12600K $215	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $396	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $60
Intel Core i5-12400F $140	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $260	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $54	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16