Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.58% 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	205% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '19 at 17:40
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 86.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 245 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 466 62% 467 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 85%

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. 26.20.100.6890 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.58% Terrible	Lighting 7.87 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 8.16 6% 9.12 fps	MRender 10.4 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 16.4 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.58% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SKC2000M8250G 250GB 2,360 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: S2681101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 724 567 461 372 361 350 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 1,997 Write 1,065 Mixed 121 SusWrite 472 200% 914 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 67.4 242% 88.8 MB/s	DQ Read 629 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 422 328% 457 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 276%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 441GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 107 106 106 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 113 Write 106 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 107 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 79%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 372GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 111 111 110 111 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 104 Write 108 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 110 70% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 25.7 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 24.2 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 85%

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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 $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 $177	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