Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	103% 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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160627
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '18 at 23:13
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 83.9 2-Core 247 77% 141 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 664 67% 546 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Lighting 74.9 Reflection 76.5 Parallax 66.4 61% 72.6 fps	MRender 70.2 Gravity 68.6 Splatting 72 58% 70.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM871a M.2 2280 512GB SED 51 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 266GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAV22D6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 408 376 382 382 367 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 418 Write 399 Mixed 344 SusWrite 392 88% 388 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 45.6 148% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 37GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 119 117 112 106 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 444 Write 426 Mixed 365 SusWrite 148 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 42.3 150% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 351 266% 357 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 124%
Avant 480GB Client SSD 480GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 118GB free Firmware: O1026A SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 422 420 414 414 413 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 428 Write 386 Mixed 318 SusWrite 418 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 29.1 117% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 203 167% 238 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 90%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 173 173 173 174 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 158 Mixed 94 SusWrite 173 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 99%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 442GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 195 194 194 194 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 160 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 194 103% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.1 380% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.4% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 19.1 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 22.2 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 88%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

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	513x
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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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