Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	124% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	231% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '23 at 23:56
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 97.4 2-Core 186 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 600 59% 485 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Gigabyte(1458 405A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 537.42 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 206 Parallax 154 140% 177 fps	MRender 171 Gravity 130 Splatting 113 110% 138 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 512GB 29,096 User benchmarks, average bench 203% 385GB free (System drive) Firmware: V0513A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1261 1310 1344 1441 1462 1460 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 1,837 Write 1,372 Mixed 1,155 SusWrite 1,380 322% 1,436 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 27.6 144% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 764 DQ Write 638 DQ Mixed 562 459% 654 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 291%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free Firmware: 0502 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 64 63 64 63 63 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 98.1 Write 70.7 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 63.9 54% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 67%
WD Elements SE 2623 2TB 1,337 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2TB free, PID 2623 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 110 111 112 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 120 Write 102 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 110 131% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 8.3 4K Mixed 0.7 308% 3.2 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 9.6 DQ Mixed 0.7 352% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-023.A00G 9905678-043.A00G 16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 20.5 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 20.6 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 74%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	69	57	240	24.1"	1280 720	SAM100A LC27RG50

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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 $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 $90Bench 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: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $521

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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