Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 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 61.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	80.2% 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	96.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '20 at 23:27
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Memory 90 1-Core 137 2-Core 263 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 177 8-Core 440 35% 309 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 98.4 Reflection 113 Parallax 95.6 80% 102 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 100 80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 406 480 460 447 454 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 434 Write 384 Mixed 311 SusWrite 431 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 60.2 4K Mixed 39.4 116% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 288 235% 335 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 708GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 121 122 106 122 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 181 Write 84.2 Mixed 57 SusWrite 115 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial UDIMM DDR4 2400 C16 1x16GB-$29 2,562 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2546 MHz Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 12.9 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 8.5 24% 8.5 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 47%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	199x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	120x
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 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	30x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $536

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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