Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	23.6% 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	58.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '17 at 02:52
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$76 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 96.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 213 84% 143 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 330 44% 330 Pts	64-Core 331 20% 331 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 9460) CLim: 1220 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.6% Poor	Lighting 28 Reflection 31.6 Parallax 32.6 23% 30.7 fps	MRender 30.6 Gravity 26.1 Splatting 34.1 25% 30.3 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 199GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2200 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 227 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 150 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 153	64.6% Good	Read 500 Write 343 Mixed 353 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 38.1 4K Mixed 7.86 62% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 22.6 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 7.91 43% 90.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 97%
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4762 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 421 (A2) Unknown 100 100 450 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 393235 (AE) Unknown 100 100 92 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 92 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 94 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2663 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2875	58.3% Above average	Read 499 Write 346 Mixed 350 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 24.8 4K Mixed 7.77 55% 17.9 MB/s	DQ Read 22.6 DQ Write 43.5 DQ Mixed 7.75 13% 24.6 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL15-17-17 D4-3000 2x8GB 1,119 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3007 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 34.8 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 41.7 SC Mixed 30.1 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 102%

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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	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 $274	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 $184	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