Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.2% 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	250% 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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '18 at 21:54
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 226 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 622 63% 512 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Lighting 72.7 Reflection 71 Parallax 69.2 59% 71 fps	MRender 72.6 Gravity 57.9 Splatting 56.6 50% 62.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 305GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1361 1227 1204 1065 965 819 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 2,054 Write 1,285 Mixed 826 SusWrite 1,107 293% 1,318 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 55.1 213% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,173 DQ Write 389 DQ Mixed 443 416% 668 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 283%
Corsair Voyager SliderX1 124GB 226 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 115GB free, PID 1a15, corsair voyager slider x1 128gb usb3.0 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 38 34 38 38 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 288 Write 61.2 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 40.5 117% 115 MB/s	4K Read 8.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 51%
Adata DashDrive Elite S102 Pro USB 3.0 32GB-$11 1,777 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 12GB free, PID 312b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 38 37 38 36 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	33% Below average	Read 146 Write 38 Mixed 68 SusWrite 37.3 82% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.5 98% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182 7,414 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.5 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 24.4 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 101%

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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 $130Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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