Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	92.3% 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	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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '18 at 04:15
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$110 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 213 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 377 47% 359 Pts	64-Core 392 24% 392 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1288 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.3.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Lighting 65.3 Reflection 67.1 Parallax 81.4 53% 71.3 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 62.9 Splatting 55.9 50% 62.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD Radeon R3 240GB 4,257 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0422C SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 111 74 80 82 79 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 425 Mixed 388 SusWrite 109 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 47.1 166% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 228 196% 288 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 169GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 52 60 64 57 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 102 Write 97 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 58.3 59% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x4GB 2,698 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 24 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 23 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 90%

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

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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	614x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	512x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	167x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	293x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	216x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	155x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	79x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	78x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	52x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	84x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	64x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	62x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16