Asus Z170M-E D3

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	173% 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	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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-E D3 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '22 at 13:19
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 108 2-Core 213 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 410 55% 411 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Gigabyte(1458 22C8) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	37.2% Below average	Lighting 48 Reflection 46.5 Parallax 60.4 39% 51.6 fps	MRender 45.3 Gravity 48.5 Splatting 32.2 33% 42 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$44 6,626 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 223 213 212 208 216 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 1,038 Write 1,024 Mixed 949 SusWrite 242 182% 813 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 72.8 255% 95.6 MB/s	DQ Read 823 DQ Write 858 DQ Mixed 807 616% 830 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 228%
Seagate ST1500LM006 HN-M151RAD 1.5TB 4,004 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1.5TB free Firmware: 2BC10005 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 119 118 119 118 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 114 Write 89.1 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 119 71% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-055.A00LF 2x8GB 163 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.5 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 21 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 27%

Raft

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 24%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus Z170M-E D3

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	23x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	23x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $269	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