Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.91% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	74.7% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit 色彩
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160113
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '20 at 15:38
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$128 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 227 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 412 58% 429 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7263 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.91% Terrible	Lighting 7.6 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 7.94 6% 8.56 fps	MRender 5.76 Gravity 7.03 Splatting 15.3 8% 9.37 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.91% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 256GB-$79 17,432 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 198 154 135 141 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 456 Write 410 Mixed 405 SusWrite 176 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 35 138% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 95.3 DQ Write 62.5 DQ Mixed 45.5 43% 67.8 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 117%
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 103GB free Firmware: 5.0.7a SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 192 196 202 202 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 368 Write 258 Mixed 273 SusWrite 196 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 45.6 164% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 113 106% 162 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 82%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 25GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 55 56 56 56 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 56 Write 56.5 Mixed 46 SusWrite 55.6 40% 53.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 60%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 289GB free Firmware: 12.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 74 74 74 74 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 71.7 Write 72.2 Mixed 56 SusWrite 72.6 50% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 201 201 202 202 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 156 Mixed 84.2 SusWrite 200 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-030.A00G KHX2133C14D4/8G 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	40.9% Average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 13 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12.1 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 65%

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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%

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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	386x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	291x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	203x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	122x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	114x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	61x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	51x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $523

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16