Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	47.6% 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	61.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

23 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150906
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '22 at 08:43
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (47^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-$125 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 (92^nd percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 86.9 2-Core 184 71% 121 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 301 46% 331 Pts	64-Core 324 20% 324 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 512.95 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.6% Average	Lighting 57.7 Reflection 68.4 Parallax 57.4 47% 61.2 fps	MRender 67.6 Gravity 60.1 Splatting 53.2 49% 60.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandis SD8SBAT256G1122 256GB 83 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2320000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 226 280 269 250 133 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 387 Write 251 Mixed 223 SusWrite 232 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 56.9 4K Mixed 12.4 78% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 84.7 99% 168 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 80%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$112 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 424GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 326 181 82 81 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 424 Write 405 Mixed 379 SusWrite 181 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 46.5 141% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 328 247% 331 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 24.8 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 17.2 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 95%

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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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Typical Z170M-PLUS Builds (Compare 1,238 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus Z170M-PLUS - $87

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	386x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	292x
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 $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: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $526

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $542	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16