Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	266% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (27%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '18 at 21:50
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 248 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 694 66% 547 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 150 Parallax 127 110% 137 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 134 Splatting 111 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 2,705 Write 1,158 Mixed 1,379 383% 1,747 MB/s	4K Read 55 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 52.8 224% 81.6 MB/s	DQ Read 548 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 186 209% 360 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 133878192 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7210 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 52 52 901983935780 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10668 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4412 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 44 34932195362 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 262 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 43 43 114348 (C2) HDA temperature 34 56 -140737488355294 (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 -116672786590667 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13879033334 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30679786752	52.4% Above average	Read 91.7 Write 91.2 Mixed 94.9 70% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.29 75% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 341GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 186712160 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1494 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16714407 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3430 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1338 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 51 555548705 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 40398 (C2) HDA temperature 33 49 55834574881 (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 126576981182051 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11835700775 (F2) Unknown 100 253 309860701110	78.9% Very good	Read 151 Write 125 Mixed 145 106% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.17 72% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 26 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 31.6 SC Mixed 25.1 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 89%

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Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

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 $279	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 $184	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