Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 156% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 132% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	182% 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	190% 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 (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	19.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '23 at 08:56
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	PSE-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 232 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 665 68% 549 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$899 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% Palit(1569 2206) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	182% Outstanding	Lighting 262 Reflection 241 Parallax 266 213% 256 fps	MRender 300 Gravity 219 Splatting 165 180% 228 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hs-ssd-e2000r 1024G 1TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 210% 609GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1086 926 934 933 947 945 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 1087 Write 1,880 Mixed 1,283 SusWrite 962 296% 1,303 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 59.8 182% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 815 DQ Write 535 DQ Mixed 728 528% 692 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 273%
Samsung HD153WI 1.5TB 1,095 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 951GB free Firmware: 1AN10003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 102 102 101 100 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 97.4 Write 116 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 102 68% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.4% 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 @ 2500 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 27 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 26.3 75% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 92%

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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%

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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 $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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $565

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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 i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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