Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 39.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	77.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	140% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '24 at 05:55
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way below expectations (17^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 1.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	39.3% Below average	Memory 60.2 1-Core 23.9 2-Core 73.3 34% 52.5 Pts	4-Core 102 8-Core 216 18% 158 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 397B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 552.12 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.4% Very good	Lighting 87.7 Reflection 117 Parallax 125 72% 110 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 94.4 89% 111 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 306GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 713 656 653 650 651 659 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 1,200 Write 1,110 Mixed 945 SusWrite 664 220% 980 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 39.8 4K Mixed 27.3 102% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 540 DQ Mixed 327 281% 408 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 430GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 350 328 347 337 351 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 420 Write 394 Mixed 356 SusWrite 342 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 30.9 4K Mixed 16.1 62% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 241 185% 251 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 121%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 164GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 151 103 98 86 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 388 Write 387 Mixed 313 SusWrite 124 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 25.2 4K Mixed 6.4 44% 15.5 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 125 125% 202 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 88%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 213GB free Firmware: MX4OABS0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 167 165 167 166 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 170 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 166 95% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 4x8GB 3,576 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	58% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 22.7 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 10.8 SC Mixed 8.2 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 172 23% 172 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 99%

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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	56	144	27"	1280 720	GSM5B71 27GL650F

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Gaming 51%

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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 $130Bench 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 $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 $45Bench 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: $523

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16