Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.27% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	87.7% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit 色彩
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '21 at 14:03
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$128 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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 81.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 220 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 424 58% 431 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8682 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	5.27% Terrible	Lighting 6 Reflection 4.4 Parallax 7.8 5% 6.07 fps	MRender 4.6 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 9.8 6% 6.93 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.27% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 256GB-$79 17,432 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 293 228 207 100 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 456 Write 415 Mixed 418 SusWrite 199 84% 372 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 48.4 164% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 96.2 84% 127 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 117%
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 103GB free Firmware: 5.0.7a SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 202 196 202 199 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 332 Write 265 Mixed 265 SusWrite 195 59% 264 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 41.9 157% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 154 134% 199 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 82%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 289GB free Firmware: 12.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 73 72 73 74 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 71.8 Write 64.7 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 71.7 49% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 201 197 201 202 203 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 151 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 197 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-030.A00G KHX2133C14D4/8G 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.1% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 12.6 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 10 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 78.3 51% 78.3 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 65%

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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	386x
Core i5-6600KIntel $88Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	291x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	203x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	122x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	114x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $45Bench 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: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $518

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16