Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 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 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 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.5% 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	74.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '19 at 07:22
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	76%

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PC Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 76 1-Core 104 2-Core 193 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 582 57% 466 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.5% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 137 Parallax 110 90% 119 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 113 Splatting 94.7 83% 102 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 137 140 139 133 131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 443 Write 189 Mixed 224 SusWrite 134 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 64.6 4K Mixed 32.6 114% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 217 181% 266 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 124%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 85GB free Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 414 391 246 240 245 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 397 Write 425 Mixed 355 SusWrite 316 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 30.7 105% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 327 247% 332 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 66GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 418 446 452 443 268 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 448 Mixed 372 SusWrite 399 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 43.7 143% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 18.8 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 14.9 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 88.4 45% 88.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 95%

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

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z170-E

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	625x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	518x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	167x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	296x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	217x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	156x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	79x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	78x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	53x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	84x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	64x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	62x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $457

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16