Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	2.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit 色彩,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '18 at 01:04
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	48%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 455 58% 438 Pts	64-Core 507 31% 507 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Lighting 78.5 Reflection 77.2 Parallax 67.4 64% 74.4 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 71.1 Splatting 72.7 59% 71.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6613 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2432 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 121 121 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1372 (C2) HDA temperature 73 56 188979609627 (F1) Unknown 100 100 510301	69.1% Good	Read 514 Write 345 Mixed 345 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 6.15 78% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 8.65 42% 89.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$70 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 53GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 172 4133 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6456 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17411 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4457 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1689 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4766 (C2) HDA temperature 117 96 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	45.5% Average	Read 86.2 Write 72.2 Mixed 109 68% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.39 98% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF51264AZ-2G3A2 2x4GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 24.8 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 26 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 81%

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

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	388x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	292x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	203x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	123x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	114x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 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: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $507

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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