Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	333% 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 (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '19 at 21:06
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	47%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 273 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 548 72% 541 Pts	64-Core 540 33% 540 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 4520) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 121 Parallax 122 98% 121 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 105 Splatting 85.3 87% 110 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1282 1311 1456 1476 1472 1351 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	333% Outstanding	Read 2,448 Write 1,385 Mixed 696 SusWrite 1,391 328% 1,480 MB/s	4K Read 59.4 4K Write 202 4K Mixed 79.6 299% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 1,551 DQ Write 1,109 DQ Mixed 979 826% 1,213 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 333% Great: 292%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 621GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 404 459 468 431 428 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 447 Mixed 439 SusWrite 428 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 61 202% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 305 245% 345 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 125%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 111 110 111 112 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 14.7 Write 2 Mixed 38.8 SusWrite 110 31% 41.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 2.1 385% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36.1% 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: 118 121 120 121 122 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 161 Write 158 Mixed 133 SusWrite 121 192% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 134% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 16GB 145 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 28.2 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 25.4 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 87%

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Gaming 51%

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Desktop 87%

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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 $94Bench 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: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $521

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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) $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