Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	75.5% 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	245% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '19 at 02:43
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 97.5 2-Core 195 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 349 46% 347 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.5% Very good	Lighting 97.3 Reflection 105 Parallax 96.5 79% 99.4 fps	MRender 81 Gravity 94.9 Splatting 76 68% 84 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 844 652 652 650 655 644 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,034 Write 1,890 Mixed 1302 SusWrite 683 330% 1,477 MB/s	4K Read 50.4 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 67.8 228% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,316 DQ Write 1,004 DQ Mixed 1,020 801% 1,113 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 39GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,552 Write 4,970 Mixed 4,468 1,113% 4,996 MB/s	4K Read 483 4K Write 201 4K Mixed 244 1,150% 309 MB/s	DQ Read 1,429 DQ Write 1,270 DQ Mixed 1,305 991% 1,335 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Spcc Solid State Disk 1TB 17,192 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 616GB free Firmware: R0522A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 271 16 8 209 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 450 Write 387 Mixed 23.8 SusWrite 140 55% 250 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 12.6 4K Mixed 1 39% 11.4 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 14.4 DQ Mixed 1.1 21% 54.1 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 101%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 700GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 110 123 120 123 121 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 115 Write 109 Mixed 40.7 SusWrite 119 70% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD BLS4G4D240FSB.8FADG BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD BLS4G4D240FSB.8FADG 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2187, 2187, 2187, 2187 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 22.3 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 19.3 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 89%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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