Asus Z170-E

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	54.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '18 at 15:21
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 109 2-Core 215 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 438 58% 437 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8601598698 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 -106248900957338 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1929 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 976 (B1) Unknown 0 0 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 44 1009320198177 (C2) HDA temperature 33 44 1009320198177 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 102 102 8601598698 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 102 102 8601598698 (CC) Soft ECC correction 102 102 8601598698 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23069 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12916 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12916 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8846	54.5% Above average	Read 369 Write 109 Mixed 153 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 88 4K Mixed 11.2 100% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 93.7 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 30.1 44% 80.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 73%
Kingston SNS4151S316GD 16GB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 4GB free Firmware: S9FM01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1806 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 425 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 24 (AA) Unknown 100 100 11 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2555927 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1684300900 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 247154 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 300785 (F2) Unknown 100 100 26897 (F3) Unknown 100 100 110382343808100 (F4) Unknown 100 100 23 (F5) Unknown 100 100 39	37.1% Below average	Read 248 Write 45.1 Mixed 36.5 23% 110 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 33.8 4K Mixed 2.66 76% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 40.8 DQ Mixed 2.36 24% 60.6 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43BB1-CPB 1x8GB 7,085 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2187 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	41.1% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 11.3 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 12 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 41%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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