Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	278% 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.

Very high background CPU (77%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '19 at 00:40
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	77%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 240 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 496 63% 476 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 122 Parallax 136 104% 129 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 125 Splatting 102 107% 135 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1263 1150 1331 1329 1312 1246 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 1,649 Write 1,366 Mixed 564 SusWrite 1272 271% 1,213 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 66.8 258% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,404 DQ Write 1,086 DQ Mixed 988 809% 1,159 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 292%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$74 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 239GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 382 433 453 444 404 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 414 Mixed 392 SusWrite 421 95% 420 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 38.2 156% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 303 244% 343 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 125%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 119 120 119 119 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 121 Write 103 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 120 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 1.8 382% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 68%
WD Elements 25A3 5TB 1,735 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 145 146 146 146 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 152 Write 157 Mixed 114 SusWrite 146 193% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 126% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 16GB 145 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 25.1 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 22.1 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 87%

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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	291x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	122x
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 $45Bench 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: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $523

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16