Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94.1% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '20 at 17:28
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 219 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 436 58% 434 Pts	64-Core 342 21% 342 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.5% 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: 452.06 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.1% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 110 Parallax 114 94% 113 fps	MRender 158 Gravity 105 Splatting 94.3 94% 119 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB 26,055 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 184GB free Firmware: RVT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 405 412 298 299 293 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 449 Mixed 407 SusWrite 356 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 54.3 165% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 339 256% 344 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 126%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 27 21 28 26 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	24.9% Poor	Read 60.3 Write 73.5 Mixed 35 SusWrite 26.2 36% 48.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.2 62% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 51%
Hitachi HTS545016B9SA02 160GB 171 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 139GB free Firmware: PBBAC60T SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 52 52 52 52 52 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	29.7% Poor	Read 51 Write 49.5 Mixed 30 SusWrite 52.2 34% 45.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 34%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 153 159 159 158 160 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 162 Mixed 53.3 SusWrite 157 96% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.4% 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 25.6 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 21.5 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 19.7 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 80%

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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