Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	50.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (74%). 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	24.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '21 at 18:12
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	74%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$60 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	63% Good	Memory 74.9 1-Core 79.4 2-Core 185 64% 113 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 358 41% 321 Pts	64-Core 342 21% 342 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E289) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.1.1 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.4% Above average	Lighting 65.5 Reflection 73 Parallax 86.6 53% 75 fps	MRender 63 Gravity 61 Splatting 44.1 45% 56 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron 1100 SATA 256GB 16,265 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0DL020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 267 254 233 214 214 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 413 Write 414 Mixed 352 SusWrite 226 79% 351 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 35.7 124% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 246 180% 234 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 94%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 20GB free Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 138 136 130 125 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 421 Write 182 Mixed 211 SusWrite 127 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 13.9 94% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 82.5 DQ Write 98.9 DQ Mixed 24.4 37% 68.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 72%
Hitachi HTS725050A9A364 500GB 7,947 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 345GB free Firmware: PC4ZC70F SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 95 97 97 97 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 78.4 Mixed 52 SusWrite 93.8 59% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 147% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 58%
Samsung HN-M101M 1TB-$45 43 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 732GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 94 95 94 94 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 103 Write 44.7 Mixed 54.3 SusWrite 84.6 53% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 56%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 212GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 14 18 18 18 18 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 57%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$55 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8 10 13 20 22 21 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x16GB 3,147 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.3% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 25 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 16.9 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 90.6 44% 90.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 79%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	388x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	292x
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	114x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	47x
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: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $516

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16