Asus Z170M-E D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-E D3 (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170215
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '18 at 21:48
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 135 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 737 75% 606 Pts	64-Core 717 44% 717 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 153 Parallax 130 113% 141 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 138 Splatting 114 100% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,229 Write 6,404 Mixed 6,360 1,555% 6,998 MB/s	4K Read 728 4K Write 310 4K Mixed 409 1,792% 482 MB/s	DQ Read 1,603 DQ Write 1,101 DQ Mixed 1,119 898% 1,274 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 451GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 111 111 112 113 112 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 192 Write 133 Mixed 85.2 SusWrite 111 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 256GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 86 88 89 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 95 Write 91.7 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 87.6 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 76%
Samsung HD105SI 1TB 5,813 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 414GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 83 78 85 85 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	30.2% Below average	Read 24.5 Write 31 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 80 34% 46.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	60% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 17.7 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 76%

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Gaming 27%

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Desktop 83%

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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 $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 $94Bench 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 $273	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 $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