Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '18 at 22:50
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	57%

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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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 265 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 732 68% 568 Pts	64-Core 723 45% 723 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1426) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 151 Parallax 142 119% 146 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 139 Splatting 111 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 250GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^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 100 100 238 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 236 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 37 (AE) Unknown 100 100 25 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 52 206159478822 (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 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 18963198180 (F7) Unknown 100 100 593018195 (F8) Unknown 100 100 324535630 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1925 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	75.1% Very good	Read 485 Write 334 Mixed 339 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 81.3 4K Mixed 14.9 104% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 28 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 41.6 55% 92.6 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 99%
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 223GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd 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 10067 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 408 (A2) Unknown 100 100 167 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8126623 (AE) Unknown 100 100 57 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 57 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 96 (E7) Temperature 100 100 88 (F1) Unknown 100 100 39617 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13852	83.3% Excellent	Read 518 Write 357 Mixed 354 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 78.2 4K Mixed 10.3 105% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 45.5 91% 186 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 97%
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 141GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd 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 9062 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 370 (A2) Unknown 100 100 169 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1441840 (AE) Unknown 100 100 54 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 54 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4491 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8996	83.3% Excellent	Read 518 Write 357 Mixed 354 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 10.3 105% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 45.4 90% 184 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 97%
Intenso Sata III 127GB 2,962 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0303B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 711 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 85 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 62 (A3) Unknown 100 100 129 (A4) Unknown 100 100 291766 (A5) Unknown 100 100 175 (A6) Unknown 100 100 73 (A7) Unknown 100 100 147 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 96 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 83 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 755224 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 350830 (F2) Unknown 100 100 122832 (F5) Unknown 100 100 583532	78% Very good	Read 516 Write 179 Mixed 233 68% 309 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 25.3 141% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 36.2 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 25.1 44% 81.3 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 23.9 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 95%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-E

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	627x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	521x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	169x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	297x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	218x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	157x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	79x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	78x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	53x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	85x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	64x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	62x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $596

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16