Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.6% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '18 at 19:11
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 230 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 436 59% 437 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% XFX(1682 9390) CLim: 1015 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.3.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Lighting 66.1 Reflection 59.6 Parallax 78 54% 67.9 fps	MRender 60.4 Gravity 54.2 Splatting 76.4 53% 63.7 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 144GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1564 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 739 (A5) Unknown 100 100 47270985803 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 220 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 41 253403070501 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 107375558681 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 358 (EA) Unknown 100 100 559 (F1) Unknown 253 253 428 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2754 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	75.7% Very good	Read 485 Write 413 Mixed 446 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 4.94 81% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 5.74 59% 136 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 86%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 102 100 102 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 865 (A6) Unknown 100 100 53 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 105 (A9) Unknown 100 100 20 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 91 (AE) Unknown 100 100 257 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 100 240518168609 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 19194 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4498 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6181	79.6% Very good	Read 503 Write 359 Mixed 415 94% 425 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 4.07 97% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 30.9 84% 177 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 752GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2175 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 653 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2403 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 653 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 558 (C2) HDA temperature 112 108 31 (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	95.4% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 156 Mixed 145 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.36 122% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB-$30 19,452 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2187 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.2% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 22.5 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 88%

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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 $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 $179	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