Asus Z170M-E D3

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	14.8% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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

16 months ago, 15 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-E D3 (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '22 at 00:01
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 90.3 1-Core 142 2-Core 276 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 748 76% 616 Pts	64-Core 753 47% 753 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$279 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 397D) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 127 Parallax 127 114% 131 fps	MRender 145 Gravity 102 Splatting 97.3 92% 115 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SQ500S37240G 240GB 1,214 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKP1A3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 55 79 38 67 46 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	14.8% Very poor	Read 135 Write 265 Mixed 28.7 SusWrite 78.8 29% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 15.3 4K Mixed 1.8 12% 5.93 MB/s	DQ Read 40.4 DQ Write 15.9 DQ Mixed 21.3 18% 25.9 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 103%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$35 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 70GB free Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 456 459 472 472 472 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 471 Mixed 411 SusWrite 461 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 52.7 174% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 276 231% 335 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 125%
Intel MEMPEK1J016GAH 14GB 485 User benchmarks, average bench 200% 1GB free Firmware: K4110400 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 813 Write 160 Mixed 269 89% 414 MB/s	4K Read 141 4K Write 80.8 4K Mixed 102 387% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 870 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 275 264% 438 MB/s
Poor: 132% Great: 252%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 2,577 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1648 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 19.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 75%

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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 $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 $178	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