Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	283% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '18 at 11:49
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 730 75% 605 Pts	64-Core 755 47% 755 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Lighting 79 Reflection 80.5 Parallax 77.7 64% 79.1 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 72.4 Splatting 75.9 60% 73.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 447GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1774 1683 1724 1534 1584 1581 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	283% Outstanding	Read 1,654 Write 1635 Mixed 826 SusWrite 1,647 324% 1,441 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 69.7 229% 84.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,082 DQ Write 947 DQ Mixed 956 733% 995 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 283% Great: 353%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 333GB free Firmware: X41320RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 442 306 305 304 302 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 444 Mixed 334 SusWrite 356 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 44.5 171% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 253 215% 315 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 386GB free Firmware: X41320RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 437 312 305 305 308 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 441 Mixed 340 SusWrite 351 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 40.7 156% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 250 213% 314 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 31.7 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 30.9 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $15	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