Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	155% 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	64.1% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '23 at 01:04
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 273 91% 166 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 476 58% 445 Pts	64-Core 485 30% 485 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti-$385 21,427 User benchmarks, average bench 145% Nvidia(10DE 16CF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 3105 MHz, MLim: 4500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 537.13 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	Lighting 216 Reflection 193 Parallax 236 176% 215 fps	MRender 304 Gravity 166 Splatting 124 153% 198 fps
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 157%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507KC4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 160 173 165 147 131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 352 Write 206 Mixed 214 SusWrite 154 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 28 107% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 142 118% 166 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 87%
Kingston SNV2S1000G 1TB 75,739 User benchmarks, average bench 260% 212GB free Firmware: SBM02103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 905 1104 1428 1570 452 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 1,619 Write 1,396 Mixed 1,091 SusWrite 930 282% 1,259 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 28.9 143% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 788 DQ Write 795 DQ Mixed 591 499% 724 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 352%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 740GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 28 29 29 29 30 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 52% Great: 107%
WDC WD50 00LPVX-22V0TT0 500GB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 108GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 74 74 75 75 75 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 72.1 Write 71.7 Mixed 43.1 SusWrite 73.8 88% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C15D4/4G KHX2666C16/8G KHX2666C15D4/4G 16GB 124 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.4% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 18 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 18.9 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 77%

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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: 0P 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	70	59	60	84.6"	1280 720	DON005B DENON-AVAMP

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Gaming 69%

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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