Asus Z170M-E D3

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	73.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-E D3 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '21 at 20:34
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7100-$56 79,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 208 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 274 8-Core 318 38% 296 Pts	64-Core 328 20% 328 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Zotac(19DA 6520) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.3% Very good	Lighting 93.3 Reflection 150 Parallax 104 76% 116 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 110 Splatting 0.3 68% 96.1 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0B-00YS70 1TB 39,874 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 222GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 180 184 204 153 221 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 336 Write 403 Mixed 281 SusWrite 178 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 34 136% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 213 174% 253 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 115%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 194GB free Firmware: SM12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 79 79 78 77 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 72.9 Write 75.5 Mixed 54.1 SusWrite 79.5 52% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 63%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 592GB free Firmware: 01.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 130 131 132 132 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 124 Write 126 Mixed 66.6 SusWrite 129 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 87%
Samsung HM250JI 250GB 961 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 231GB free Firmware: HS100-10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 57 58 58 58 58 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 55.9 Write 58.3 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 57.8 38% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 128% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 32%
General UDisk 1TB 435 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 888GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.6 9.6 14 18 15 14 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 4 Write 1.2 SusWrite 13.2 9% 6.13 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Mixed 0 11% 1 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 180 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1681, 1681, 1681, 1681 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19.8 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 19.4 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 62%

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

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Typical Z170M-E D3 Builds (Compare 167 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 27%

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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 $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 $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