Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.5% 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 Drive	49.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '19 at 12:38
Run Duration	297 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 498 60% 460 Pts	64-Core 529 33% 529 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.5% Very good	Lighting 94.5 Reflection 106 Parallax 98.9 77% 99.7 fps	MRender 88.2 Gravity 86.5 Splatting 90.2 72% 88.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 128GB-$89 11,245 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231600 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 129 123 118 118 117 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	49.4% Average	Read 247 Write 157 Mixed 134 SusWrite 123 37% 165 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 40.8 4K Mixed 24.2 85% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 98.2 82% 118 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 191 191 187 188 191 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 146 Mixed 80 SusWrite 188 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 12,078 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 282GB free, PID 0900 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 96 97 97 96 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 144 Write 142 Mixed 20 SusWrite 97.2 128% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 39% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x4GB-$35 843 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 25.6 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 24.2 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 87%

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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%

Gunboat

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 $274	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 $177	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