Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	170% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160920
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '18 at 22:07
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 (98^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 290 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 569 64% 502 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2040 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 124 Parallax 105 94% 115 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 107 Splatting 110 88% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 409 395 387 385 392 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1496 Write 1049 Mixed 666 SusWrite 404 200% 904 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 50.9 211% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 700 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 439 338% 474 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 220%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 127GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 279 123 130 102 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 495 Write 460 Mixed 334 SusWrite 175 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 38.8 157% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 130 121% 191 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 92%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 39GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 376 349 361 338 336 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 438 Write 467 Mixed 333 SusWrite 359 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 46.5 174% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 180 156% 223 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%
Crucial_CT512MX100SSD1 6TB 663GB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 124 126 125 124 125 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 127 Write 130 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 125 25% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 6% 1.8 MB/s

Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2015)-$107 691 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3.5TB free Firmware: DN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 171 172 175 172 170 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 55% Great: 117%
Prolific ATAPI-6 Bridge C 3TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 293GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 103 103 103 105 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 122 Write 120 Mixed 92.5 SusWrite 103 147% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 116% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 68%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 16GB-$8 10,486 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 10GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 18 8.6 4.2 3.1 6.3 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 27.5 Write 20 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 9.9 26% 20.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 3.1 204% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 31%
Prolific ATAPI-6 Bridge C 2TB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 395GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 104 103 105 102 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 73.2 Write 72.2 Mixed 42.2 SusWrite 104 100% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 92% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 34.7 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 40.6 SC Mixed 29.3 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 104%

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Gaming 51%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170M-PLUS - $87

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	384x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	289x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	201x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	121x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	113x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	58x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	51x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	46x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	34x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	30x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $536

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 $182	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) $30	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