Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95.9% 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	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 (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160627
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	May 08 '20 at 22:30
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 85.1 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 192 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 575 58% 470 Pts	64-Core 593 37% 593 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.9% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 137 Parallax 127 100% 129 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 120 Splatting 100 88% 109 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0121AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 54 53 54 53 54 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 490 Write 428 Mixed 393 SusWrite 83.5 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 43.3 149% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 242 201% 287 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 92%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 149GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 384 385 385 385 386 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 457 Mixed 428 SusWrite 391 99% 442 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 99.4 4K Mixed 58.5 194% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 340 256% 344 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 464GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 428 448 437 452 373 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 453 Mixed 426 SusWrite 426 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 58.1 194% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 342 257% 344 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 129%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 286GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 121 127 124 129 129 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 161 Write 158 Mixed 32 SusWrite 127 86% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 107%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 269GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 106 106 107 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 117 Write 115 Mixed 58 SusWrite 107 73% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 112%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 190GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 18 19 18 19 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Read 31.5 Write 34.8 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 18.6 22% 29.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.5 173% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 63%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 570GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 18 19 18 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Read 36.2 Write 36.3 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 18 38% 28.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 60% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 42%
USB Flash Memory 16GB 2,810 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 14GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.6 5.1 3.8 4 4 3.8 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	7.22% Terrible	Read 33.7 Write 7.2 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 4.2 12% 12.6 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 2 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.22% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2666 2OZ 2x8GB 9,905 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.8% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 23.7 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 20.9 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 97%

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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	617x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	515x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	167x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	294x
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 $273	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 $40	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