Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	124% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.8% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '20 at 04:59
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 (77^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 77.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 215 74% 133 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 407 59% 433 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 190 Parallax 172 139% 177 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 173 Splatting 123 113% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-256M3P 256GB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 271 360 374 328 378 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 453 Write 347 Mixed 271 SusWrite 331 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 66.8 4K Mixed 33.1 115% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 182 159% 237 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 101%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 466GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 381 427 453 456 452 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 439 Mixed 376 SusWrite 414 96% 424 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 59 197% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 330 252% 340 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 142GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 380 428 453 457 452 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 451 Mixed 420 SusWrite 414 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 55.9 188% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 333 252% 340 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 61 61 59 61 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 49.7 Write 49.2 Mixed 39.8 SusWrite 60.4 37% 49.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 67%
Seagate ST3160023AS 3TB 460GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 85 87 90 91 87 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 88 Write 90.1 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 88.2 61% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 186% 1.3 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 24.3 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 21.8 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 86.1 46% 86.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 95%

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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	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