Asus Z170-E

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z170-E  (all builds)
Memory10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160627
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 14 '21 at 03:37
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 32%
Watch Gameplay: 5700-XT + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing below expectations (34th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
74.3% Very good
Memory 80
1-Core 120
2-Core 224
79% 141 Pts
4-Core 369
8-Core 640
61% 505 Pts
64-Core 653
40% 653 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 74.3%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.2.1
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Lighting 141
Reflection 137
Parallax 192
115% 156 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 136
Splatting 91.9
91% 113 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 105%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74
37GB free
Firmware: P0121AA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 134 53 54 53 53 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
73.4% Very good
Read 398
Write 346
Mixed 322
SusWrite 80.7
64% 287 MB/s
4K Read 23.1
4K Write 77.8
4K Mixed 36.6
123% 45.8 MB/s
DQ Read 316
DQ Write 322
DQ Mixed 245
204% 294 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 73.4%
Great: 92%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30
40GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 115 133 126 130 135 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
71% Very good
Read 122
Write 116
Mixed 68.5
SusWrite 126
79% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 71%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
PNY 8GBF1X08QFHH36-135-K 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
48.1% Average
MC Read 19.7
MC Write 18.3
MC Mixed 14.1
50% 17.4 GB/s
SC Read 9.1
SC Write 12.8
SC Mixed 11.4
32% 11.1 GB/s
Latency 80.5
50% 80.5 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 48.1%
Great: 107%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-E Builds (Compare 1,834 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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