Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	44.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '17 at 02:48
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 98.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 197 79% 134 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 395 53% 397 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Zotac(19DA 1281) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	21.1% Poor	Lighting 24.6 Reflection 23.7 Parallax 30.6 20% 26.3 fps	MRender 33 Gravity 28.6 Splatting 24.7 23% 28.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO2 120GB-$70 304 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6171381 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 92350386803969 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 651 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 140 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 35 39 73016999971 (C2) HDA temperature 35 39 73016999971 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6171381 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6171381 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6171381 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 34359738369 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14047 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2534 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2534 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1750	44.1% Average	Read 230 Write 106 Mixed 136 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 8.54 84% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 88.6 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 15.7 36% 73.8 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 906GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 64 108498080 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 693 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 141550 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5341 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 646 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 64 572588066 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 893 (C2) HDA temperature 34 16 68719476770 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 3 108498080 (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 116552527515000 (F1) Unknown 100 253 58816460 (F2) Unknown 100 253 49681620	106% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 175 Mixed 143 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.29 92% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Avexir DDR4-2400 CL16 4GB 2x4GB 309 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.4% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 12.7 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 10.8 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 45.7 88% 45.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 82%

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Gaming 51%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

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 $94Bench 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: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $521

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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