Asus Z170M-E D3

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.9% 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	144% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-E D3 (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '21 at 22:50
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 81.7 1-Core 154 2-Core 299 96% 178 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 698 78% 616 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 37CE) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.63 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 108 Parallax 117 101% 116 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 104 Splatting 93.3 90% 112 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 97%
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3775) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.63 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Lighting 76.1 Reflection 78.6 Parallax 73.1 62% 75.9 fps	MRender 67.6 Gravity 75.6 Splatting 71 58% 71.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM13.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 567 508 501 397 425 392 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 438 Write 1,448 Mixed 484 SusWrite 465 162% 709 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 42.1 200% 84.8 MB/s	DQ Read 945 DQ Write 791 DQ Mixed 1,186 801% 974 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 262%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 339GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 103 104 102 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 161 Write 148 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 102 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 162GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 122 122 125 123 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 166 Write 123 Mixed 74.1 SusWrite 123 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 795GB free Firmware: MS2OA7L0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 174 174 185 185 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 147 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 181 98% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 135% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%
Seagate ST4000NC001-1FS168 4TB 999 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 686GB free Firmware: CN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 96 97 96 97 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 93.4 Write 83.2 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 95.6 62% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 22.6 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 23.3 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 77.5 52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 80%

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Gaming 27%

Raft

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 24%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170M-E D3

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	23x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	23x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	21x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	20x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	19x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	12x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	14x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
Solid State Disk 120GBSpccBench 59%, 22,489 samples	5x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	7x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 2,577 samples	6x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	5x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $282

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