Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.7% 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	134% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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

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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '18 at 19:11
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 267 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 739 78% 625 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 122 Parallax 120 97% 120 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 108 Splatting 94.3 81% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 386GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 439 450 451 467 451 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 424 Mixed 364 SusWrite 444 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 67.9 229% 82.3 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 222GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 441 452 452 468 452 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 411 Mixed 423 SusWrite 446 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 65.2 224% 82.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 106GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 286 280 280 287 278 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 422 Mixed 386 SusWrite 297 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 66.9 230% 82.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 447GB free Firmware: O0803B5a SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 198 96 91 92 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 320 Mixed 340 SusWrite 160 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 48.4 171% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 247 204% 291 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 95%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 377GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 139 139 137 140 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 174 Write 134 Mixed 95.8 SusWrite 138 100% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 108%
Apple HDD ST2000DM001 2TB 1,495 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1TB free Firmware: AP54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 174 173 169 175 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 135 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 172 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ 4x8GB 966 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 26.3 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 33.5 SC Mixed 26.6 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 111%

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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