Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 134% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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	138% 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	190% 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 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '18 at 06:28
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 147 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 576 8-Core 577 77% 576 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 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: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 196 Reflection 208 Parallax 202 160% 202 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 189 Splatting 129 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 512GB-$95 12,034 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 477GB free Firmware: LHF002C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 47 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196608 (AE) Unknown 100 100 44 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 30 39 94491836446 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1611 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EC) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1611 (F2) Unknown 100 100 670 (F9) Unknown 100 100 36 (FC) Unknown 100 100 0	70.3% Very good	Read 503 Write 265 Mixed 279 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 17.1 110% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 41.9 DQ Write 54.6 DQ Mixed 17.1 22% 37.9 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 128%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 71GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7361 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2106 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (AA) Unknown 100 100 324 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1114151 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 998 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 8 (E7) Temperature 100 100 83 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6475	80.3% Excellent	Read 520 Write 359 Mixed 356 91% 412 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 9.73 104% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 86.6 DQ Mixed 9.9 55% 131 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 97%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 2,036 Write 973 Mixed 583 261% 1,197 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 22.5 154% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 35.7 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 22.5 41% 76 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 185%
Crucial M550 256GB-$152 8,333 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 42GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 4269 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1886 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 47 (AE) Unknown 100 100 725 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 41 253404119070 (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 12399408396 (F7) Unknown 100 100 393767530 (F8) Unknown 100 100 286788528	79.3% Very good	Read 486 Write 404 Mixed 434 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 61.6 4K Mixed 28 110% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28 DQ Write 47 DQ Mixed 31.2 26% 35.4 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 199272361 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2072 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 94558980462 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -31954556679056 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 830 (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 76 58 403898392 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1299 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13330 (C2) HDA temperature 24 42 51539607576 (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 116621246989797 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22785320914 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19640755819	61.6% Good	Read 109 Write 106 Mixed 111 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.15 63% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.6% 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 @ 2500 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 28.6 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 35.8 SC Mixed 27.1 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 89.2% 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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
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 $45	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