Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	34.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	156% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '18 at 13:31
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 156 2-Core 312 102% 188 Pts	4-Core 605 8-Core 622 82% 614 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1703 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.6% Below average	Lighting 32.9 Reflection 68.6 Parallax 60.2 27% 53.9 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 59.3 Splatting 53.9 50% 61.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB-$110 2,093 User benchmarks, average bench 165% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3771 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1549 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 93 93 194 (AE) Unknown 99 99 7 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 452 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 29 45 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 24936 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6325 (F2) Unknown 99 99 3837	156% Outstanding	Read 1,669 Write 553 Mixed 761 217% 994 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 23.6 145% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 458 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 22.2 88% 206 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 188%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 24528352 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1553 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 226648 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3293 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1552 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 67 454426651 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9537 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 42949672987 (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 116445153331465 (F1) Unknown 100 253 134631076 (F2) Unknown 100 253 359403696	110% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 181 Mixed 174 140% 186 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.25 94% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GKE800UD51208-2133AH 2x8GB 345 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 28.3 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 26.5 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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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	386x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	291x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	202x

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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x
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: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $518

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $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