Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	147% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

5 months ago, 5 months ago, 4 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '23 at 04:02
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 229 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 643 64% 524 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$238 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Nvidia(10DE 13D3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.3% Very good	Lighting 86.8 Reflection 88.7 Parallax 81.5 71% 85.7 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 78.2 Splatting 70.6 70% 87.4 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$75 52,084 User benchmarks, average bench 200% 733GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR033 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 867 251 37 45 48 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 1033 Write 1,576 Mixed 1,192 SusWrite 217 227% 1,004 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 63.6 206% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 720 DQ Write 536 DQ Mixed 803 553% 687 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 299%
Seagate Constellation CS ISE 3TB 147 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 355GB free Firmware: CE02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 43 37 38 37 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 25.5 Write 40.2 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 38.3 25% 34.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 53% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-065.A00G 2x16GB 428 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 23.9 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 78%

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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	70	60	60	24"	1280 720	BNQ78A7 BenQ GL2450H

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Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170M-PLUS - $87

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	386x
Core i5-6600KIntel $88Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	291x
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	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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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