Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '18 at 01:38
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 137 2-Core 263 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 759 80% 643 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 122 Parallax 106 99% 116 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 106 Splatting 106 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 134GB free Firmware: SAFZ Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9092 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 697 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C2) HDA temperature 62 52 206158954534 (F1) Unknown 100 100 47929	86.1% Excellent	Read 521 Write 358 Mixed 357 91% 412 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 9.93 109% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 47.1 102% 212 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 95%
Hitach HUA722020ALA331 2TB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1.5TB free Firmware: JKAO Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 104 (03) Spinup time 142 142 25803358713 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4417 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 36 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 55553 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 431 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4470 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4470 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 249108693034 (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 200 200 0	65% Good	Read 113 Write 114 Mixed 109 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.4 92% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 70%
WD WD20EADS-11R6B1 2TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 198 12792 (03) Spinup time 177 143 8150 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3120 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29311 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3112 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 662 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 102 102 294759 (C2) HDA temperature 111 92 41 (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	47.4% Average	Read 101 Write 64.6 Mixed 85.9 63% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.15 67% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 22,274 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 32 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 31.9 92% 32 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%

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Typical Z170-E Builds (Compare 1,848 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-E

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	623x
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 $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	156x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	79x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	79x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	52x

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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	62x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $450

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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