Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.7% 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	172% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20151116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '16 at 21:08
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (59^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 233 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 458 62% 460 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3171) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5891 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Lighting 64.3 Reflection 67.5 Parallax 65.3 52% 65.7 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 60.6 Splatting 54.7 50% 62.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB-$110 2,093 User benchmarks, average bench 165% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 28 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 65 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 2 (AE) Unknown 99 99 9 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 484 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 39 43 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 256 (F1) Unknown 99 99 160 (F2) Unknown 99 99 85	172% Outstanding	Read 1,769 Write 641 Mixed 913 242% 1,108 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 39.4 165% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 142 142% 230 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 188%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 925GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 100 112710440 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 51 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 570942 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 84 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 75 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 62 453967899 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 261 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 64424509467 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -69582765162342 (F1) Unknown 100 253 466524844 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8783558750	80% Very good	Read 124 Write 153 Mixed 127 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 5.28 4K Mixed 0.73 214% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron CT8G4DFD8213.16FA2 2x8GB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.9% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 13.2 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 14.3 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 79%

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

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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	384x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	289x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	201x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	121x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	113x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	58x
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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	46x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16