Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	36.3% 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	88.2% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	41.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '17 at 23:53
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 147 2-Core 288 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 821 82% 665 Pts	64-Core 820 51% 820 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.9 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Lighting 46.9 Reflection 46.2 Parallax 45 38% 46 fps	MRender 41.1 Gravity 41.5 Splatting 37.7 33% 40.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 353GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3823 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 610 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 70 56 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6152461165	88.2% Excellent	Read 499 Write 399 Mixed 414 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 19.9 127% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 30.3 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 17.6 55% 112 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 134%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 6.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 147 Write 149 Mixed 103 168% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.58 92% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata 2x8GB 24,552 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 24.5 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25.4 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 98%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	199x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	120x
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 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 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 $184	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) $35	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