Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.5% 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	73.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '18 at 10:06
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 657 63% 520 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8554) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	Lighting 35.5 Reflection 35.2 Parallax 31.6 29% 34.1 fps	MRender 36.8 Gravity 32.5 Splatting 32.9 28% 34 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1029 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 362 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 61 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 87 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5915751097	73.3% Very good	Read 262 Write 208 Mixed 217 51% 229 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 40.2 136% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 93.3 92% 147 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 124%
WD Re 2TB (2012)-$29 5,893 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01K02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 165 6300 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3980 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6286 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2839 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 722 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3257 (C2) HDA temperature 115 103 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	86.9% Excellent	Read 149 Write 153 Mixed 148 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 3.23 4K Mixed 0.7 173% 1.59 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 90%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 74040432 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1894 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8748786 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3164 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1867 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 61 554696737 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 87 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6054 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 42949672993 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -118176025141679 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4058255675 (F2) Unknown 100 253 133862352330	94.9% Outstanding	Read 134 Write 196 Mixed 148 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 5.41 4K Mixed 0.84 225% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 108%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8758 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4973 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7640 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4400 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 2051 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2921 (C2) HDA temperature 111 102 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	82.5% Excellent	Read 151 Write 136 Mixed 130 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.53 145% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 85%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 731GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 166 4675 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1211 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2381 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1156 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 29500 (C2) HDA temperature 118 107 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	57.9% Above average	Read 103 Write 98.4 Mixed 103 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.27 104% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 84%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$70 21,848 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 694GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 230905536 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6076 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 752715 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4060 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2060 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065667 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 471072796 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 32516 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 60129542172 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 119 99 230905536 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -1120986463690 (F1) Unknown 100 253 632824627 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1502749123	60.8% Good	Read 108 Write 104 Mixed 91.6 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.25 70% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	76.1% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 22.7 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 85%

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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