Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	53.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	177% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '16 at 16:18
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 142 2-Core 285 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 568 8-Core 569 76% 568 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Lighting 66.7 Reflection 72 Parallax 63.4 54% 67.4 fps	MRender 75.2 Gravity 62.7 Splatting 57 52% 65 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 33 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 8 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 3 (AE) Unknown 99 99 1 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1010 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 36 39 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 768 (F1) Unknown 99 99 254 (F2) Unknown 99 99 170	177% Outstanding	Read 1,751 Write 982 Mixed 1,126 284% 1,286 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 22 134% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 36.4 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 189 144% 185 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 220%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 158090528 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 7 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 382116 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 64 504299547 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 53 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 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 -107279693119472 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3281740546 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2687116160	105% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 176 Mixed 171 135% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.22 85% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
Samsung M3 Portable 2TB 5,095 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 779GB free, PID 61b5 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 77.6 Write 92.4 Mixed 70.3 104% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.26 43% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 52%
Samsung S2 Portable 1TB 1,558 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 44GB free, PID 1f08 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Read 40.1 Write 42.7 Mixed 34.4 50% 39.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.32 39% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 20%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 25.3 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 24.2 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 79%

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Gaming 51%

Yacht

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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