Asus Z170-E

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 65%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics84.4% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z170-E  (all builds)
Memory2.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160627
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateOct 15 '19 at 02:08
Run Duration108 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6500-$67
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
77% Very good
Memory 90.6
1-Core 105
2-Core 212
78% 136 Pts
4-Core 361
8-Core 403
50% 382 Pts
64-Core 407
25% 407 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 77%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
84.4% Excellent
Lighting 108
Reflection 112
Parallax 96.5
88% 106 fps
MRender 96.6
Gravity 100
Splatting 87.5
77% 94.7 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.4%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate ST31000524NS 1TB-$94
87GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SN12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 53 52 53 57 45 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
37% Below average
Read 77
Write 84.5
Mixed 48
SusWrite 51.5
48% 65.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 37%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
70.2% Very good
MC Read 26.6
MC Write 27.9
MC Mixed 21.4
72% 25.3 GB/s
SC Read 14.5
SC Write 21.3
SC Mixed 19.1
52% 18.3 GB/s
Latency 66.4
60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 70.2%
Great: 81%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-E Builds (Compare 1,840 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-E

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $455
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