Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.23% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	111% 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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151019
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '18 at 14:13
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 126 2-Core 246 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 653 65% 531 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.23% Terrible	Lighting 7.63 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 7.41 6% 8.47 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 6.7 Splatting 14.7 9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.23% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 120GB 3,551 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 140 139 138 138 138 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 433 Mixed 330 SusWrite 171 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 59.8 213% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 326 243% 324 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 105GB free Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1013 811 612 550 615 609 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 872 Write 884 Mixed 654 SusWrite 702 175% 778 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 63.2 232% 86.7 MB/s	DQ Read 633 DQ Write 703 DQ Mixed 568 455% 635 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 185%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050V -63 500GB 1,028 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 459GB free Firmware: AX0M1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 114 114 115 115 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 113 Write 110 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 114 69% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 64%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 435GB free Firmware: GG2OACY0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 97 98 97 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 87.5 Write 87.7 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 97 56% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GB 4,057 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	76.3% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.4 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 24.3 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 79%

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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 $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