Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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. 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 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	67.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '19 at 00:29
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G4600-$27 16,729 User benchmarks, average bench 63% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 181 78% 130 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 322 43% 321 Pts	64-Core 321 20% 321 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3669) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1543 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Lighting 86.9 Reflection 86.5 Parallax 77.7 71% 83.7 fps	MRender 80.4 Gravity 77.4 Splatting 68.3 61% 75.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 169 134 130 118 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 371 Write 320 Mixed 224 SusWrite 132 58% 262 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 72.7 4K Mixed 40.8 129% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 124 93% 124 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 105%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 124GB free Firmware: 0737 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 141 146 145 146 146 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 93 Write 80.3 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 145 71% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 103%
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70 13,060 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 298GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 95 92 105 109 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 91 Write 93.7 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 100 63% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 63%
Seagate ST1000LM014-SSHD-8GB 1TB 16,795 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 551GB free Firmware: LVD5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 97 97 97 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 118 Write 80.3 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 97.2 67% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.5 470% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2733 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 31.4 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 26.5 80% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 95%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

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