Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	239% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '19 at 07:50
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 202 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 600 60% 490 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.9% Above average	Lighting 73.4 Reflection 73.8 Parallax 63.5 60% 70.2 fps	MRender 69.3 Gravity 69 Splatting 70.7 57% 69.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 1TB 40,637 User benchmarks, average bench 210% 629GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1661 966 973 992 971 973 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 1,322 Write 2,119 Mixed 1,521 SusWrite 1,089 343% 1,513 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 65.1 221% 81.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,245 DQ Write 1,057 DQ Mixed 1,149 861% 1,150 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 284%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 22GB free Firmware: MU01.4 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 482 Write 426 Mixed 375 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 45.4 161% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 234 194% 278 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 91%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1TB free Firmware: CC35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 32 29 31 35 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Read 71 Write 32.5 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 31.1 29% 39.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.8 131% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 61%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 68 70 72 71 70 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 95.5 Write 79 Mixed 49.3 SusWrite 69.5 54% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 61%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 463GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 77 77 80 78 77 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 72.2 Write 75.5 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 77.2 52% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 55%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 7TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 182 185 188 190 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 168 Mixed 106 SusWrite 186 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.8 359% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB-$115 5,380 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2733 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 35 MC Mixed 28.8 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 25.9 74% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 111%

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

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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 $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 $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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