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 (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	76.5% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-E (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '17 at 19:25
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 157 2-Core 304 102% 186 Pts	4-Core 574 8-Core 874 90% 724 Pts	64-Core 877 54% 877 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 154 Reflection 157 Parallax 145 126% 152 fps	Gravity 145 Splatting 114 113% 130 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 593GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 203 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 338 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 51 210454315042 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (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 (F6) Unknown 100 100 8120548910 (F7) Unknown 100 100 254294406 (F8) Unknown 100 100 111332469 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3564 (D2) Unknown 100 100 8	76.5% Very good	Read 482 Write 334 Mixed 339 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 15.7 109% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 27.3 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 15.5 44% 87 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 104%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 81 (03) Spinup time 132 132 38686622154 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 92 (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 97 97 22064 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 62 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 145 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 145 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 244814512162 (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	90.8% Outstanding	Read 149 Write 168 Mixed 160 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.24 98% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: HP16 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 87 120053880 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4000 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 3552 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 82719295 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16737 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2174 (B4) Unknown 100 100 468519595 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 49 49 51 (BC) Unknown 100 98 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 67 51 555024417 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 155 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 17 17 166243 (C2) HDA temperature 33 49 51539607585 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 3552 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 1 40 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 40 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	84.6% Excellent	Read 155 Write 140 Mixed 126 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.44 110% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 514GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 68 (03) Spinup time 123 123 12897091769 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 934 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3989 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 843 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2564 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2564 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 210454315041 (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	78.4% Very good	Read 142 Write 132 Mixed 144 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.17 62% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2473 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	82% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 23.1 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 26.5 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 88%

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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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	78x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $46

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