Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	67.2% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '17 at 04:26
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$122 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 574 76% 570 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10801928 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 36498632093125 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2108 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 93 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 60 68723408924 (C2) HDA temperature 28 60 68723408924 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10801928 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10801928 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10801928 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4572 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4044 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4044 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5008	67.2% Good	Read 433 Write 233 Mixed 280 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 13.5 114% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 22.7 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 13 26% 50.1 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 85%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$90 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 175 6083 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1018 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4175 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 863 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 177 177 70534 (C2) HDA temperature 117 94 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	70.6% Very good	Read 126 Write 120 Mixed 111 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.22 92% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 89 145836384 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4245 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 51 485695698107 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17527 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2502 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 98 98 2 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 268 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131333 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 67 39 5240600395809 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 56 56 88948 (C2) HDA temperature 33 61 -140737488355295 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 28174985477499 (F1) Unknown 100 253 73574449096 (F2) Unknown 100 253 73301090684	83.7% Excellent	Read 149 Write 143 Mixed 146 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.29 82% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 114%
Patriot Memory 32GB 1,286 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 29GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 243 Write 52.7 Mixed 37.2 102% 111 MB/s	4K Read 7.25 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.97 103% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 51%

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 @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 28.3 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 25.6 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 95%

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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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	387x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	292x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 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 $85Bench 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: $556

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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