Asus Z170M-E D3

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	125% 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	86.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-E D3 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150827
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '19 at 03:46
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 146 2-Core 291 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 568 8-Core 567 76% 568 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 190 Parallax 169 142% 178 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 171 Splatting 118 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 163 136 136 132 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 437 Write 270 Mixed 304 SusWrite 153 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 39.9 157% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 184 161% 242 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 382GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 82 85 86 86 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 117 Write 105 Mixed 81 SusWrite 84.3 72% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 158 159 165 165 174 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 82.2 Write 144 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 165 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.6 224% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.9 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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