Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 98.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '17 at 15:32
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 (100^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 583 8-Core 586 78% 584 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3724) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2227 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 75.7 Reflection 76.2 Parallax 65.2 62% 72.4 fps	MRender 79.2 Gravity 71.6 Splatting 75.3 62% 75.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 244GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4100 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 7981 (B1) Unknown 97 97 13 (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 74 53 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 291 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21650743707	70.4% Very good	Read 472 Write 262 Mixed 270 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 54.3 4K Mixed 23.2 113% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 52.5 DQ Mixed 11.5 17% 30.4 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 860GB free Firmware: HP51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 92530552 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 13031 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 277291834 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9983 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 89 89 11497 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1891897229 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 198414 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 63 437846042 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 368 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 44368 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 38654705690 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	99.9% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 171 Mixed 158 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.25 97% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x4GB 12,708 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 26.9 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 25.9 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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	198x

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 $273	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 $186	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