Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	203% 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

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

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	22.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	10.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '23 at 10:44
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 125 2-Core 234 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 663 65% 532 Pts	64-Core 670 42% 670 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Nvidia(10DE 13D3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.8% Very good	Lighting 87.6 Reflection 89.1 Parallax 82.2 71% 86.3 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 78.6 Splatting 71.3 70% 87.7 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.8% 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% 739GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR033 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1013 1559 1699 1725 378 148 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,150 Write 1614 Mixed 1,196 SusWrite 1087 286% 1,262 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 60.5 202% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 711 DQ Write 516 DQ Mixed 774 535% 667 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 299%
Seagate Constellation CS ISE 3TB 147 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 346GB free Firmware: CE02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 32 28 39 36 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	21.9% Poor	Read 45.1 Write 45 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 31.2 28% 37.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 51% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 21.9% 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)	74.8% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 23.7 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.8% 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	71	60	60	24"	1920 1017	BNQ78A7 BenQ GL2450H

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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	384x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	289x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	121x
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	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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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