Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	152% 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	70% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). 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	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160920
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '20 at 11:04
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 231 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 518 64% 488 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 85%

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 (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	152% Outstanding	Lighting 224 Reflection 182 Parallax 218 183% 208 fps	MRender 194 Gravity 158 Splatting 132 128% 161 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 182 150 154 170 168 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	70% Very good	Read 366 Write 400 Mixed 214 SusWrite 167 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 83.2 4K Mixed 27.9 108% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 290 213% 281 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 98%
Bc511 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 7,666 User benchmarks, average bench 137% 82GB free Firmware: 11001101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 531 416 309 309 310 311 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 904 Write 572 Mixed 722 SusWrite 364 143% 640 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 60 195% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 692 DQ Write 738 DQ Mixed 644 504% 692 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 177%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 77GB free Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 310 332 341 329 215 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 316 Write 316 Mixed 170 SusWrite 300 62% 275 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 29 129% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 65.3 99% 190 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 89%

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 @ 1923 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.9% Above average	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 17.8 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 13.9 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 80%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	199x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	120x
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 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 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 $46

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