User blog comment:Potato Lube/What is the best race in Skyrim/@comment-5253355-20120708132722

Dark elf for mage + vampire.

High elf for regular mage.

Nord for warrior. Orc works fine as well here.

Argonian or Khajiit for Assassin

If you do not want to kill everything, then you really shouldn't play as a mage. Assassins are probably the most challening.