Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '21 at 15:09
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	73%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 86.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 274 88% 162 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 786 79% 640 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36CB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.6% Very good	Lighting 93.2 Reflection 112 Parallax 98.3 76% 101 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 105 Splatting 95.1 84% 103 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 452 Write 442 Mixed 374 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 61.4 198% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung PM871 2.5 7mm 128GB 2,429 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 14GB free Firmware: EMT02D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 151 149 145 146 123 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 452 Write 154 Mixed 198 SusWrite 144 52% 237 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 59 4K Mixed 32 115% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 170 144% 218 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 87%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 459GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 129 127 130 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 118 Write 125 Mixed 87.2 SusWrite 128 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 100%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 4TB 1,164 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 139 137 135 139 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 148 Write 149 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 137 148% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 39% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 4x8GB 3,364 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1981 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.8% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.3 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 23.2 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 96%

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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	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 $177	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