Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 135% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	149% 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	320% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '20 at 09:46
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 86.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 94% 172 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 801 82% 661 Pts	64-Core 796 49% 796 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Nvidia(10DE 146B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	149% Outstanding	Lighting 220 Reflection 180 Parallax 218 180% 206 fps	MRender 192 Gravity 153 Splatting 126 125% 157 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$80 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0906I Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1439 841 895 910 870 1192 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	320% Outstanding	Read 2,610 Write 828 Mixed 1,497 SusWrite 1,024 329% 1,490 MB/s	4K Read 65.4 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 87 310% 113 MB/s	DQ Read 1,456 DQ Write 1,145 DQ Mixed 519 601% 1,040 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 320% Great: 372%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 93GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 192 193 182 166 167 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 336 Write 196 Mixed 179 SusWrite 178 50% 222 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 21.4 116% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 131 113% 166 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 98%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 64GB 1,760 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 48GB free, PID null, SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 20.6 Write 26.3 Mixed 20.2 SusWrite 27.9 33% 23.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 3.5 238% 3.93 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1981 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	68.4% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 21.9 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.4% 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 $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 $109Bench 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: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $536

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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