Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	137% 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	365% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '21 at 21:47
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 89.2 2-Core 180 69% 118 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 464 53% 414 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 193 Reflection 201 Parallax 198 157% 197 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 197 Splatting 131 126% 156 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme ADATA SX8200PNP 1TB 2,146 User benchmarks, average bench 267% 906GB free (System drive) Firmware: R090 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1706 1740 1760 1776 1774 1774 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	365% Outstanding	Read 2,348 Write 1,836 Mixed 1,403 SusWrite 1,755 411% 1,836 MB/s	4K Read 73 4K Write 248 4K Mixed 106 378% 142 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 1,336 DQ Mixed 512 542% 875 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 365% Great: 355%
Nvme WDS100T3XHC-00SJ 1TB 310 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 691GB free Firmware: 1020 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1761 1513 1518 1520 1520 1522 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	317% Outstanding	Read 1,792 Write 1,813 Mixed 1,544 SusWrite 1,559 378% 1,677 MB/s	4K Read 52.7 4K Write 247 4K Mixed 84.4 319% 128 MB/s	DQ Read 899 DQ Write 1,478 DQ Mixed 1159 887% 1,179 MB/s
Poor: 183% ↑ This bench: 317% Great: 317%
WD Purple Surveillance 8TB (2017)-$223 256 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 6.5TB free Firmware: 80.H SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 161 158 161 164 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 147 Write 159 Mixed 76.7 SusWrite 163 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.3 225% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 100%
WD Re 3TB (2012)-$65 2,104 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 160 161 162 162 160 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 149 Mixed 102 SusWrite 161 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1 209% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2Z3200C16 CMK32GX4M4B3200C16 CMK32GX4M4B3200C16 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 33.8 108% 38 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 17.7 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 108%

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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%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170M-PLUS - $87

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	390x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 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 $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	61x
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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	47x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	34x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	30x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $507

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