Asus Z170M-E D3

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% 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.
Boot Drive	212% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-E D3 (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 04:03
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 139 2-Core 281 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 776 82% 654 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 192 Parallax 195 151% 191 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 177 Splatting 122 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,768 Write 1,164 Mixed 1,214 306% 1,382 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 41.9 184% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 423 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 154 164% 276 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 236%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 23 (03) Spinup time 186 173 5675 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1991 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6796 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 991 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 387 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 68852 (C2) HDA temperature 124 111 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	67.6% Good	Read 147 Write 88.3 Mixed 124 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.24 90% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 96%
HGST Ultrastar He8 Helium 8TB-$94 1,061 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 536GB free Firmware: A4MST7JF Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 104 (03) Spinup time 167 167 21495153118 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 334 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 933 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 132 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 754 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 754 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 150324838430 (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	101% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 177 Mixed 170 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.58 137% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 427GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 181527976 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5116 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 4769404778 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18312 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3429 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 71 71 29 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 471597084 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 685 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 35 35 130864 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 55834574876 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 102452149894619 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23061071745557 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10763713839868	85.2% Excellent	Read 147 Write 151 Mixed 133 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.35 104% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C11 4x8GB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	69.2% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21.4 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 23.1 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 109%

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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 $241Bench 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 $273	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 $40	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