Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	15.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	96.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150814
Uptime	9.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '17 at 23:29
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$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 (100^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 86.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 236 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 657 71% 562 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K2200-$440 13,860 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Nvidia(10DE 1097) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 369.9 Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Lighting 19.1 Reflection 14.7 Parallax 14.9 16% 16.2 fps	MRender 23.5 Gravity 17.9 Splatting 16.3 15% 19.2 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 17%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 276GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1313 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 129 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 70 64 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3569671509	96.1% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 463 Mixed 502 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 25.2 118% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 155 151% 242 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 124%
Verbatim Store n Go V3 USB 3.0 32GB-$5 2,740 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 27GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	22.7% Poor	Read 124 Write 11.1 Mixed 14.2 41% 49.9 MB/s	4K Read 9.12 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.04 36% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-030.A00G 9905625-029.A00G 16GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	75.2% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.7 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 28.2 SC Mixed 21.5 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 79%

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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 $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