Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	23.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	96.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1768 x 992 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '17 at 18:52
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 138 2-Core 273 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 818 75% 628 Pts	64-Core 820 51% 820 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 580-$450 15,395 User benchmarks, average bench 23% Asus(1043 8385) 1.5GB CLim: 782 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	23.7% Poor	Lighting 26.8 Reflection 35.2 Parallax 27.3 22% 29.8 fps	MRender 46.6 Gravity 22.3 Splatting 32.4 27% 33.7 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4039 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 612 (B1) Unknown 98 98 31 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 51 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 50 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12082130965	96.6% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 400 Mixed 404 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 32.4 123% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 110 140% 252 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 124%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 58GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5243670 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 65584150631126 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 714 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 124 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 23 79 77314588695 (C2) HDA temperature 23 79 77314588695 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5243670 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5243670 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5243670 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17044 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5783 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5783 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5691	74.4% Very good	Read 511 Write 245 Mixed 303 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 16.5 94% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 64.2 101% 194 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 94%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 100 253 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 160 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 27 (C2) HDA temperature 127 111 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	90.8% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 159 Mixed 154 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.61 4K Mixed 0.28 117% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 100%
Toshiba MK1059GSM 1TB 4,891 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 279GB free Firmware: GU001U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 3615 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 380 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 3273 (0A) Spinup retry count 107 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 377 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 10 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 30551 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 188979478552 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 16461 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 235 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 334 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	31.4% Below average	Read 52.5 Write 56.6 Mixed 53.6 41% 54.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.22 67% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron CT4G4DFS8213.8FA11 Crucial CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAR2 CT4G4DFS8213.8FA11 Crucial CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAR2 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.8% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 22.1 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 76%

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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	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 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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