Asus Z170M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	119% 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	125% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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/BR (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170109
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '18 at 14:26
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 777 82% 653 Pts	64-Core 755 47% 755 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2730 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 182 Parallax 176 135% 175 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 159 Splatting 112 103% 127 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$175 12,594 User benchmarks, average bench 134% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FK11.G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 575 631 397 281 111 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 624 Write 804 Mixed 577 SusWrite 355 133% 590 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 39.8 133% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 912 DQ Write 744 DQ Mixed 504 466% 720 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 162%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 45GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 108 110 112 112 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 132 Write 75.7 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 111 73% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 11GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 98 103 85 85 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	50% Above average	Read 78.3 Write 78 Mixed 63 SusWrite 96 58% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 97GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 91 91 93 92 92 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 108 Write 106 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 91.8 67% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 4x8GB 3,576 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.6 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 21.7 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 99%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170M-PLUS/BR

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	30x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	28x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	24x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	17x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	17x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	20x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	17x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	7x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	13x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	7x
KHX2400C15/8G Team Group Inc. Team-Elite-2400 16GBKingstonBench 72%, 19 samples	6x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $265

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