Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	12.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	97.6% 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	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 (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '18 at 16:50
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 582 8-Core 570 77% 576 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% PNY(196E 0865) 1GB CLim: 675 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Lighting 14.5 Reflection 17 Parallax 13 12% 14.8 fps	MRender 20.8 Gravity 14.6 Splatting 16.9 14% 17.4 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 271 131 111 21 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 422 Mixed 373 SusWrite 187 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 44.9 171% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 198 190% 299 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 101%
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 777GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 122 122 122 122 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 138 Write 128 Mixed 85.4 SusWrite 122 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.M16FAD 2x8GB 240 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 29.5 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 25.6 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 89%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	78x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $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) $30	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