Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	10 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '18 at 21:39
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 746 70% 584 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2175 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Lighting 81.5 Reflection 83.9 Parallax 72.9 66% 79.4 fps	MRender 78.7 Gravity 76.9 Splatting 78.2 64% 77.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SNAT256G1122 256GB 1,971 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2333000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 234 100 234 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 699 (A6) Unknown 100 100 28 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 80 (A9) Unknown 100 100 204 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 63 (AE) Unknown 100 100 146 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 100 223338299426 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 543 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10945 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3268 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4493	71.2% Very good	Read 485 Write 321 Mixed 387 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 4.24 86% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 27.4 69% 139 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 84%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 182 3883 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2735 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2265 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 596 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2641 (C2) HDA temperature 121 101 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	105% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 193 Mixed 179 137% 181 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.01 4K Mixed 0.53 156% 1.51 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 24 84% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 26.7 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 104%

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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%

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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 $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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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