Asus Z170-E

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	9.17% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Very high background CPU (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '17 at 21:14
Run Duration	289 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	66%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Memory 75.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 219 75% 135 Pts	4-Core 283 8-Core 320 40% 302 Pts	64-Core 219 14% 219 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 9GB free Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 2859828 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -136528420395995 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1553 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 666 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 44 1009320198179 (C2) HDA temperature 35 44 1009320198179 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2859828 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2859828 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2859828 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19390 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10670 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10670 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6496	49.5% Average	Read 422 Write 102 Mixed 150 49% 225 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 6.48 81% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 54.7 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 6.42 28% 59.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 73%
Kingston SNS4151S316GD 16GB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 48 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 24 (AA) Unknown 100 100 11 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 786436 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1684300900 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 63538 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 75945 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12344 (F3) Unknown 100 100 110382343808100 (F4) Unknown 100 100 4 (F5) Unknown 100 100 12	9.17% Terrible	Read 171 Write 38.1 Mixed 61 20% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.01 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.005 0% 0.02 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 9.17% Great: 55%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 11GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	8.71% Terrible	Read 23.2 Write 12.4 Mixed 13.3 19% 16.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.53 4K Write 0.43 4K Mixed 0.74 60% 2.24 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.71% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43BB1-CPB 1x8GB 7,085 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2187 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.3% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 9 26% 9.13 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 6.9 20% 7 GB/s	Latency 88.9 45% 88.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 41%

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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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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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 $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 $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) $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