Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	30.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	74.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	1.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '18 at 00:39
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Memory 63.4 1-Core 85.1 2-Core 144 57% 97.5 Pts	4-Core 212 8-Core 291 32% 252 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.1% Below average	Lighting 40.3 Reflection 44.9 Parallax 17 33% 34.1 fps	MRender 27.3 Gravity 39.7 Splatting 25 25% 30.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_CT2050MX300SSD1 2TB 2,359 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR050 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st 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 100 100 415 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 83 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 55 193274314788 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6935452742 (F7) Unknown 100 100 217166400 (F8) Unknown 100 100 69460612 (B4) Unknown 0 0 9174 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	74.2% Very good	Read 470 Write 322 Mixed 317 82% 370 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 55.9 4K Mixed 22.6 89% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 23.7 64% 138 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 605GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 197669128 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 925 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 198282925 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4225 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 689 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 59 487587869 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 97 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4058 (C2) HDA temperature 29 41 38654705693 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -83236466192495 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26762252808 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1403133161042	70.6% Very good	Read 127 Write 119 Mixed 109 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.22 64% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40 28,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	47.5% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 17 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 7.8 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 118 34% 118 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 104%

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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	513x
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