Asus Z170-E

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	13.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	62.2% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '17 at 14:37
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 146 2-Core 290 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 567 8-Core 530 74% 548 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Gigabyte(1458 228E) ≥ 4GB Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	13.3% Very poor	Lighting 15.9 Reflection 14.5 Parallax 22.9 13% 17.8 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 15.6 Splatting 20.8 14% 16.3 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 527ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 12466854 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -85426899510138 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1895 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 390 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 36 47 38657785892 (C2) HDA temperature 36 47 38657785892 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12466854 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12466854 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12466854 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10997 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9418 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9418 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12092	62.2% Good	Read 442 Write 123 Mixed 196 55% 254 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 13.9 110% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 23.3 45% 90.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 73%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 161 161 34378940833 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 138 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 487 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 93 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 414 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 414 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 184684773417 (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 200 200 0	86.6% Excellent	Read 156 Write 146 Mixed 155 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.22 58% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x4GB-$47 29,751 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2672 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 16.6 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 98%

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

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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	618x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	515x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	167x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	294x
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 $94Bench 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 $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: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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