Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics95.1% 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 Drive288% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z170M-PLUS  (all builds)
Memory13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180516
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMar 16 '19 at 15:21
Run Duration132 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
93.6% Outstanding
Memory 93.7
1-Core 118
2-Core 272
89% 161 Pts
4-Core 541
8-Core 531
72% 536 Pts
64-Core 541
34% 541 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 93.6%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
95.1% Outstanding
Lighting 122
Reflection 120
Parallax 113
99% 118 fps
MRender 141
Gravity 105
Splatting 85.5
87% 110 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 95.1%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
206GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXZ7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1416 1460 1451 1351 1375 1439 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
288% Outstanding
Read 1,702
Write 1,389
Mixed 596
SusWrite 1,415
285% 1,276 MB/s
4K Read 36.8
4K Write 190
4K Mixed 64.7
239% 97 MB/s
DQ Read 1,579
DQ Write 1,120
DQ Mixed 992
838% 1,230 MB/s
Poor: 134%
This bench: 288%
Great: 292%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66
436GB free
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 442 444 427 383 400 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
113% Outstanding
Read 472
Write 431
Mixed 397
SusWrite 423
97% 431 MB/s
4K Read 31
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 46.6
169% 65.1 MB/s
DQ Read 386
DQ Write 339
DQ Mixed 297
241% 341 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 113%
Great: 125%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 16GB
2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
86.3% Excellent
MC Read 31.2
MC Write 32.5
MC Mixed 27.9
87% 30.5 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 33.1
SC Mixed 26.5
75% 26.3 GB/s
Latency 60.5
66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 86.3%
Great: 87%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170M-PLUS Builds (Compare 1,229 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 51%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus Z170M-PLUS - $87

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $536
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HDDRAMUSB
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