Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	105% 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	146% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '17 at 07:09
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$134 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 above expectations (74^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 84 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 418 48% 373 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 148 Parallax 124 111% 136 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 134 Splatting 111 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 1,985 Write 160 Mixed 289 172% 811 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 32.3 141% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 456 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 64 112% 228 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 185%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 219735168 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4775 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 52 52 901983365697 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8538 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3587 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 44 30602625056 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 223 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 50 50 100467 (C2) HDA temperature 32 56 47244640288 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 138469745627711 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13432530792 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29882042420	102% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 150 Mixed 115 116% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.3 82% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 624GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 44808352 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 615 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5392637 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1221 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 513 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 537853984 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10414 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 55834574880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 121255516701240 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4615756930 (F2) Unknown 100 253 84776830972	87.8% Excellent	Read 158 Write 149 Mixed 138 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.19 67% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 26.6 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 22.8 64% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 89%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	388x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	293x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	203x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	124x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	115x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	47x
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: $498

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16