Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	186% 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	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.

High background CPU (22%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '19 at 21:36
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 229 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 623 64% 517 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% PNY(196E 11BF) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.5% Poor	Lighting 36.1 Reflection 29 Parallax 35 29% 33.4 fps	MRender 37.3 Gravity 36.7 Splatting 34.8 30% 36.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 507 463 442 445 439 933 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 1,476 Write 398 Mixed 577 SusWrite 538 164% 747 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 57.2 203% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 823 DQ Write 582 DQ Mixed 697 522% 701 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 353%
Sandisk Ext SSD 480GB 354 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 342GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 159 239 270 242 213 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 350 Write 176 Mixed 171 SusWrite 203 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 35.8 4K Mixed 23.2 73% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 118 96% 136 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 151 154 153 155 154 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 142 Write 114 Mixed 76 SusWrite 152 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 114%
PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 1TB 4,921 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 406GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 94 99 106 106 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 72.8 Write 114 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 102 132% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.6 148% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 49%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 6TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 163 168 172 174 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 168 Write 182 Mixed 110 SusWrite 168 213% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1.2 210% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 86%
Lexar Echo 128GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 89GB free, PID a017 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 22 22 17 22 20 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	11% Very poor	Read 34 Write 22 Mixed 15 SusWrite 20.9 29% 23 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 24% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GB 25,457 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.1% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.7 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 24.6 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 106%

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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