Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 99.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71% 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 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '17 at 11:20
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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)	99.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 147 2-Core 292 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 584 78% 585 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.4% 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: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2227 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (100^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (76 fps cap detected)	61% Good	Lighting 74.6 Reflection 76 Parallax 65 61% 71.9 fps	MRender 75.5 Gravity 71.5 Splatting 76.6 61% 74.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 223GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4387 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 8487 (B1) Unknown 97 97 14 (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 73 53 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 291 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22700996910	71% Very good	Read 491 Write 272 Mixed 275 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 17.7 113% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 41.6 DQ Write 54.8 DQ Mixed 17.9 22% 38.1 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 860GB free Firmware: HP51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 180140352 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13538 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 277379009 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10163 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 89 89 12003 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1945286294 (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 75 63 437714969 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 369 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 45690 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 38654705689 (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	102% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 171 Mixed 164 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.25 97% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% 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 @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 42.8 MC Mixed 31.2 105% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 43.1 SC Mixed 31 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 80%

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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%

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	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