Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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	116% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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	20.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160920
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '18 at 17:20
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 274 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 767 78% 634 Pts	64-Core 764 47% 764 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 203 Parallax 200 154% 197 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 183 Splatting 124 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4463 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.45% Terrible	Lighting 7.73 Reflection 11.6 Parallax 7.81 6% 9.04 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 6.83 Splatting 16 10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.45% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 456 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 20 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 59 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1775563749	116% Outstanding	Read 530 Write 417 Mixed 431 102% 459 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 47.9 180% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 114 141% 252 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 129%
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 108GB free Firmware: X4120000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10011 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 759 (A5) Unknown 100 100 38682296673 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 52 (A8) Unknown 100 100 12 (A9) Unknown 100 100 402 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 155 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 65 279173857312 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1099516281088 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2664 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3399 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3201 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13480 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	79.3% Very good	Read 502 Write 224 Mixed 304 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 74.1 4K Mixed 19.1 116% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 42.2 91% 191 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 104%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 108 (03) Spinup time 138 138 38686294489 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 241 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3107 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 89 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 854 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 854 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 176094707750 (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 200 200 0	101% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 160 Mixed 138 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 4.32 4K Mixed 0.44 163% 1.86 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
WD WD20EZEX-00EYGA0 2TB 166 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 451GB free Firmware: KR01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 179 3883 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3024 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8909 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 583 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 132 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2891 (C2) HDA temperature 116 90 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	95.2% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 173 Mixed 148 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.39 110% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 104%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 339GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2761 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9580 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 636 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 166 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2601 (C2) HDA temperature 112 88 31 (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 0	89.3% Excellent	Read 175 Write 136 Mixed 125 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.23 4K Write 2.88 4K Mixed 0.31 138% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 24GB 319 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 31.6 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 43.2 SC Mixed 32 93% 32.5 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

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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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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