Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.8% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '20 at 21:07
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 135 2-Core 268 89% 163 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 494 62% 473 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Lighting 87.4 Reflection 60.6 Parallax 110 71% 85.9 fps	MRender 62.1 Gravity 79.7 Splatting 79.5 61% 73.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU635 240GB-$20 12,702 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: N181017a SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 23 16 37 36 24 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Read 447 Write 389 Mixed 364 SusWrite 37.3 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 46 178% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 86.2 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 132 116% 168 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 782GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 174 175 173 174 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 168 Mixed 96.8 SusWrite 174 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD BLS4G4D26BFSE.8FB BLS4G4D26BFSE.8FBD2 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.2% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 14.3 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 15.3 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 72.1 55% 72.1 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 91%

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

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Typical Z170-E Builds (Compare 1,864 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-E

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	628x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	522x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	169x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	297x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	218x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	157x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	79x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	78x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	53x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	86x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	64x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	62x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $596

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16