Asus Z170M-E D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	200% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-E D3 (all builds)
Memory	24.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180222
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 03:27
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 84.3 2-Core 268 80% 148 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 712 72% 586 Pts	64-Core 757 47% 757 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.7% 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 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 189 Reflection 195 Parallax 198 154% 194 fps	Gravity 98.5 Splatting 121 99% 110 fps
Poor: 109% 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 as expected (45^th percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 1,772 Write 1,151 Mixed 1,247 308% 1,390 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 39.6 157% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 116 121% 201 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 200% 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 175 173 6216 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1987 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6795 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 987 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 383 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 68830 (C2) HDA temperature 125 111 25 (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	67.8% Good	Read 150 Write 85.8 Mixed 123 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.26 93% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 96%
HGST Ultrastar He8 Helium 8TB-$100 1,061 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 536GB free Firmware: A4MST7JF Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^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 38675022302 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 330 (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 100 100 932 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 128 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 750 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 750 (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	106% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 185 Mixed 175 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.54 130% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 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 175837608 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5112 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 4769398275 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18311 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3425 (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 73 52 454361115 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 681 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 35 35 130851 (C2) HDA temperature 27 48 55834574875 (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 -39213051396645 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22924654411092 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10759415605075	85.1% Excellent	Read 149 Write 148 Mixed 134 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.43 119% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.1% 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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	68.2% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 21 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 23.1 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 68.2% 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 $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 $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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16