Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	131% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160324
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '19 at 00:50
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 (98^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 267 87% 159 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 731 75% 607 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3178) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 79.7 Reflection 80.4 Parallax 70.8 65% 77 fps	MRender 75.2 Gravity 70.7 Splatting 62.7 56% 69.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme SAMSUNG MZVLV256 256GB 8,369 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 286 283 282 283 281 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 816 Write 294 Mixed 291 SusWrite 283 93% 421 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 33.6 178% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 979 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 406 359% 559 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 147%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 186GB free Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 247 246 246 247 246 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 412 Write 249 Mixed 162 SusWrite 246 60% 268 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 24.1 116% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 53.9 101% 205 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 48 25 15 12 51 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4.5TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 43 35 15 12 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 124 Write 117 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 27.2 53% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.7 321% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-062.A00G 2x8GB 3,107 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 24 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 80%

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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	619x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	515x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	167x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	295x
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 $94Bench 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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	64x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	62x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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