Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 66.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	69.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '19 at 19:04
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	ISL-User
Background CPU	53%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$110 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 90.3 2-Core 170 67% 114 Pts	4-Core 281 8-Core 353 41% 317 Pts	64-Core 360 22% 360 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3792) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.8% Good	Lighting 92.1 Reflection 80.8 Parallax 71.6 75% 81.5 fps	MRender 68.3 Gravity 75.3 Splatting 73.7 60% 72.4 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte SSD 240GB-$30 20,238 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFMJ1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 368 427 398 167 33 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 396 Write 406 Mixed 368 SusWrite 283 82% 363 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 35.2 126% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 196 174% 259 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 91%
Gigabyte SSD 120GB-$31 13,685 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 17GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 218 57 58 73 74 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 442 Write 260 Mixed 310 SusWrite 128 63% 285 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 64 4K Mixed 30 120% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 194 166% 241 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/4G Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	77.2% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 26.7 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21.7 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 86%

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

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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	612x
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	215x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	154x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	79x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	77x
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 $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 $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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