Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	179% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	177% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 11 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	19.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '23 at 16:11
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	PSE-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 215 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 598 58% 474 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$550 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% Palit(1569 2206) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	179% Outstanding	Lighting 258 Reflection 232 Parallax 260 210% 250 fps	MRender 300 Gravity 216 Splatting 164 178% 226 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hs-ssd-e2000r 1024G 1TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 210% 816GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1026 1031 927 934 888 905 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 1076 Write 1,852 Mixed 1224 SusWrite 952 289% 1,276 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 39.1 156% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 799 DQ Write 497 DQ Mixed 736 525% 677 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 273%
Samsung HD153WI 1.5TB 1,095 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 961GB free Firmware: 1AN10003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 103 103 103 105 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 161 Write 28.1 Mixed 71.7 SusWrite 104 67% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 164% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 3x8GB 241 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.7 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 16.3 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 92%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170M-PLUS - $87

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	390x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 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 $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	61x
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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	47x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	34x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	30x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $507

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