Asus Z170-E

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	229% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160627
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '17 at 02:33
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 222 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 649 67% 540 Pts	64-Core 636 39% 636 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 235GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 1,858 Write 1,533 Mixed 1,471 360% 1,621 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 23.9 165% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 186 173% 265 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 353%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 21GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4598 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 165 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 37 (AE) Unknown 100 100 47 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2579 (B7) Unknown 100 100 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 49 219044511780 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5456630895 (F7) Unknown 100 100 170692444 (F8) Unknown 100 100 209988760	93.9% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 386 Mixed 410 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 30.9 126% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 66.2 103% 199 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 113%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$55 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 700GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 169 4166 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1403 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22224 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 789 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1290 (C2) HDA temperature 106 90 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	72.6% Very good	Read 134 Write 119 Mixed 111 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.51 138% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 76%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 128GB 2,523 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 119GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	24.5% Poor	Read 100 Write 31.2 Mixed 82 83% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.37 4K Write 0.72 4K Mixed 0.66 63% 1.92 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.9% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 12.9 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 14.7 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 90%

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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	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 $160Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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