Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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	112% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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	45.3 GB free of 48 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '18 at 12:10
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 256 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 707 66% 548 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6686) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 153 Parallax 144 122% 149 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 144 Splatting 112 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Pro 6000p NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$65 11,104 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: 123P Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 520 339 126 109 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 885 Write 587 Mixed 605 SusWrite 219 128% 574 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 51.5 187% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 555 DQ Mixed 326 274% 387 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 125%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 199GB free Firmware: MU01.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 55 54 53 54 54 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 486 Write 401 Mixed 377 SusWrite 85.6 75% 338 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 47.5 163% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 240 201% 289 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 91%
OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD 240GB 149 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 195GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 125 146 137 149 134 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 289 Write 146 Mixed 169 SusWrite 138 41% 186 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 39.8 156% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 136 114% 166 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 90%
WD WD30EURS-63SPKY0 3TB 3,175 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 115 116 116 117 116 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 108 Write 110 Mixed 62 SusWrite 114 72% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 82%
WD Purple Surveillance 8TB (2017)-$225 256 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 7.5TB free Firmware: 80.H0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 161 172 175 176 167 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 174 Mixed 80.1 SusWrite 166 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.3 223% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M1D3000C16 CMK32GX4M4B3200C16 CMK16GX4M1D3000C16 CMK32GX4M4B3200C16 48GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 3007, 3007, 3007, 3007 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	98.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 30.6 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 29.8 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 100%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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