Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	136% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	217% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '18 at 23:48
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 149 2-Core 297 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 581 8-Core 585 78% 583 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 4471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 196 Reflection 196 Parallax 182 160% 191 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 183 Splatting 123 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 75GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7196 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2007 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (AA) Unknown 100 100 324 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1114151 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 953 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 8 (E7) Temperature 100 100 83 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6298	73.5% Very good	Read 517 Write 350 Mixed 358 90% 408 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 9.84 103% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 34.2 DQ Write 80.5 DQ Mixed 34.1 33% 49.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 97%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,996 Write 1,092 Mixed 1,317 324% 1,468 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 30 175% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 519 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 30 133% 303 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 185%
Crucial C300-CTFDDAC064MAG 64GB 1,591 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 48GB free Firmware: 0002 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1467 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 630 (AA) Unknown 100 100 4395 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 40 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1992864825635 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 101 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	49.2% Average	Read 355 Write 70.7 Mixed 117 39% 181 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 3.97 91% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 63.8 DQ Mixed 3.97 37% 90 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 53%
Crucial M550 256GB-$152 8,333 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 42GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4102 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1787 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 45 (AE) Unknown 100 100 680 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 41 253404119071 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 862 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 11815293516 (F7) Unknown 100 100 375075847 (F8) Unknown 100 100 281957224	76.5% Very good	Read 488 Write 402 Mixed 431 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 59.1 4K Mixed 17.3 94% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 46.8 DQ Mixed 17.2 35% 74.9 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 66 64 3746344 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1901 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 94553828297 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 49989124361161 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 731 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475229702 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 58 454164507 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1213 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11965 (C2) HDA temperature 27 42 51539607579 (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 137834090464676 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21173233222 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18748813279	78.8% Very good	Read 158 Write 117 Mixed 120 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.21 66% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Avexir DDR4-2400 CL16 8GB 4x8GB 213 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 27.8 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 32.7 SC Mixed 25.8 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 117%

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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 $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 $109Bench 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: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $536

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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