Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.4% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160509
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '20 at 05:27
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 92.6 2-Core 181 69% 119 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 433 48% 377 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 77.6 Reflection 83.8 Parallax 73.7 63% 78.4 fps	MRender 78.1 Gravity 72.7 Splatting 66.5 59% 72.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 202 203 203 203 203 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 478 Write 244 Mixed 246 SusWrite 208 65% 294 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 35.4 147% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 224 186% 270 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 129%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 422GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 93 98 97 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 103 Mixed 55.6 SusWrite 96.8 64% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL16G26C16U4R.16FE 2x16GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2187 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	38% Below average	MC Read 12.4 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 11.8 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 12.1 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 94%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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