Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	245% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '17 at 22:11
Run Duration	275 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 267 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 721 72% 586 Pts	64-Core 752 46% 752 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 78.8 Reflection 78 Parallax 66.6 64% 74.5 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 70.3 Splatting 71.2 58% 70.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,488 Write 1,123 Mixed 1,354 363% 1,655 MB/s	4K Read 50.4 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 42.4 193% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 520 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 166 192% 335 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 90GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9145 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1342 (B1) Unknown 97 97 59 (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 65 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 104 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13184631005
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 37GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4139 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 584 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 191 191 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C2) HDA temperature 69 59 176110239775 (F1) Unknown 100 100 31375	78.1% Very good	Read 505 Write 346 Mixed 348 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 9.88 85% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 47.2 101% 209 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 95%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 45GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 139 4766 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4628 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28525 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4408 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 981 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 24 24 528836 (C2) HDA temperature 116 98 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	24.1% Poor	Read 42.5 Write 40.9 Mixed 43.6 32% 42.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.34 100% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 49%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 34GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 87 213564861 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11060 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 99 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 323487139 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25161 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4015 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 646 (BC) Unknown 100 92 34360263535 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 56 589299746 (C2) HDA temperature 34 44 8589934626 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 20 213564861 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 75376676079321 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3654386720 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3761647432	40.4% Average	Read 65.5 Write 75.1 Mixed 75.6 54% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.35 84% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 68%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 19GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 194 95927 (03) Spinup time 163 150 4841 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11349 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 27927 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4211 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 568 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11349 (C2) HDA temperature 108 97 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 186 186 1465 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 187 187 1378 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 158 158 5471	49.2% Average	Read 85.8 Write 85.4 Mixed 86.2 65% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.38 93% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C13 2x8GB 2,810 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 28.1 91% 32 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 36.5 SC Mixed 28.7 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 97%

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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	202x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	121x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	114x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	58x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	51x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $510

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16