Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


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 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.8% 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	84.6% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151012
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '20 at 00:00
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 468 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3235) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.8% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 113 Parallax 101 84% 106 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 96.1 Splatting 91.5 77% 93.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 168 54 55 55 50 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 440 Write 391 Mixed 346 SusWrite 83.6 70% 315 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 46.3 152% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 243 204% 295 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 192 193 192 193 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 209 Write 151 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 190 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 2x4GB 1,396 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.1% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 20.9 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 21.7 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 90%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z170-E Builds (Compare 1,833 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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	614x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	512x
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