Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	91.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '24 at 01:19
Run Duration	276 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 253 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 702 71% 578 Pts	64-Core 730 45% 730 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 552.22 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 152 Parallax 158 121% 153 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 149 Splatting 128 108% 133 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2BA012T4 1TB 85 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 634GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0160 SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 412 454 464 466 458 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 455 Mixed 329 SusWrite 421 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 57.3 4K Mixed 34.8 120% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 115 122% 200 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 108%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$104 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 338GB free Firmware: 3B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 915 517 496 528 513 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 82% Great: 137%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$104 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 486GB free Firmware: 3B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 415 458 470 471 462 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 466 Mixed 448 SusWrite 426 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 49 160% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 309 227% 298 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 137%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$104 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 670GB free Firmware: 3B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 415 458 470 471 462 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 466 Mixed 451 SusWrite 425 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 61.8 4K Mixed 48.9 161% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 308 227% 298 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 137%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 2TB 1,551 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2TB free Firmware: 050B SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 115 116 161 139 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 150 Write 148 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 128 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 6.9 4K Mixed 1.2 290% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 102%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 2TB 2,298 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 977GB free, PID 50a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 101 0 6.8 109 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	30.2% Below average	Read 93.7 Write 110 Mixed 32 SusWrite 69.7 101% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 30% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 49%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 3TB 1,058 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 3TB free, PID a0a4 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 160 179 173 161 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 185 Write 180 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 158 196% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 78% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 1,442 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.1% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.7 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 24.5 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 112%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 20: 0P 0R 3G 11B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
10%	8%	51	213	56	60	84.6"	2194 1234	SAM71B5 SAMSUNG

History: Score 10: 0P 1R 1G 2B | Score 20: 0P 0R 3G 11B

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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	517x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	78x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	53x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $460

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16