Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.8% 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	106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160620
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '17 at 17:45
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 583 8-Core 585 78% 584 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6676) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 125 Parallax 106 101% 118 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 109 Splatting 102 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 468 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 314 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 61 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2736315587	106% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 492 Mixed 514 113% 507 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 64 4K Mixed 37.9 129% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 116 152% 275 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 316GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 133 4000 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1376 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2270 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1365 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 131 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12718 (C2) HDA temperature 116 107 27 (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 0	63.1% Good	Read 108 Write 111 Mixed 108 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.25 96% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3466 C16 2x8GB 1,481 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3467 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 41.5 MC Write 46.5 MC Mixed 33.4 116% 40.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.9 SC Write 46.6 SC Mixed 31.9 98% 34.1 GB/s	Latency 46 87% 46 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 118%

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Gaming 51%

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Desktop 87%

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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 $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 $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