Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '20 at 17:58
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 71.8 2-Core 216 69% 124 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 438 52% 401 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% EVGA(3842 3067) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 110 Parallax 109 87% 109 fps	MRender 153 Gravity 100 Splatting 93.4 92% 116 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB 26,055 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 153GB free Firmware: RVT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 401 386 291 290 290 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 427 Mixed 421 SusWrite 343 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 55.4 186% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 331 249% 334 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 126%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 223GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 26 23 27 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	22.5% Poor	Read 52 Write 65.3 Mixed 31.3 SusWrite 26.4 32% 43.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 78% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 51%
Hitachi HTS545016B9SA02 160GB 171 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 139GB free Firmware: PBBAC60T SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 51 52 52 35 52 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	28.4% Poor	Read 49.7 Write 51.3 Mixed 30 SusWrite 48.9 33% 45 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 34%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 166 161 163 164 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 180 Mixed 30 SusWrite 164 100% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	67.9% Good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 21.5 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 18.9 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 80%

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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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	289x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	121x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	114x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $37Bench 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: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $510

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16