Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	134% 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	116% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	20 GB free of 24 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160920
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 13 '18 at 03:13
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 141 2-Core 277 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 758 73% 602 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 216 Parallax 212 153% 205 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 185 Splatting 132 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4463 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.46% Terrible	Lighting 7.8 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 7.81 6% 9.13 fps	MRender 10.3 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 16.1 10% 11.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.46% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 124GB free Firmware: X4120000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9558 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 745 (A5) Unknown 100 100 38681117008 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 52 (A8) Unknown 100 100 12 (A9) Unknown 100 100 402 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 153 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 65 279173857309 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 412321513568 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2526 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3230 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3042 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13408 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	82% Excellent	Read 491 Write 253 Mixed 296 76% 347 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 18.9 120% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 40.2 91% 193 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 104%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 67 59 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 597992806	116% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 417 Mixed 430 102% 458 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 47.9 181% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 109 139% 251 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 129%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 108 (03) Spinup time 135 135 38686556647 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 74 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2653 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 73 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 634 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 634 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 163209805857 (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	101% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 176 Mixed 176 133% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.4 148% 1.55 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
WD WD20EZEX-00EYGA0 2TB 166 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 451GB free Firmware: KR01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 179 3900 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2542 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8456 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 567 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 128 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2413 (C2) HDA temperature 122 90 25 (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	96.2% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 167 Mixed 167 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.35 104% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 104%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 353GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 2333 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2309 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9128 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 620 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 162 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2153 (C2) HDA temperature 118 88 25 (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	99.3% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 148 Mixed 143 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.33 117% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 24GB 319 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 32.2 102% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 41.5 SC Mixed 31 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

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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	385x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	290x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	121x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	114x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	59x
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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	46x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	34x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	30x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $526

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16