Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	155% 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	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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '17 at 01:27
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 80.6 1-Core 145 2-Core 261 89% 162 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 643 70% 552 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.1% Very good	Lighting 99.4 Reflection 102 Parallax 85.8 81% 95.6 fps	MRender 58.3 Gravity 89 Splatting 90.8 66% 79.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD 256GB-$150 2,567 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 166GB free Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2449 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1442 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 1 (AD) Unknown 100 100 53 (AE) Unknown 100 100 103 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 176 (E8) Unknown 96 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 570 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19483328068 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18708011370	48.9% Average	Read 451 Write 308 Mixed 359 83% 373 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 12 4K Mixed 5.11 39% 11.4 MB/s	DQ Read 32.6 DQ Write 11.7 DQ Mixed 5.37 8% 16.6 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 54%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 2,090 Write 248 Mixed 424 196% 921 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 22.8 138% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 517 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 69.5 132% 272 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 210%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 5,376 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.6% Below average	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 11.8 MC Mixed 10.2 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 10.4 27% 9.37 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 111%

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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	388x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 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 $76Bench 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: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $498

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

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