Asus Z170M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	23% 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	89.9% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '17 at 17:35
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 109 2-Core 216 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 437 58% 437 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 265-$105 8,934 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B A001) CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23% Poor	Lighting 27.9 Reflection 29.6 Parallax 32.9 23% 30.1 fps	MRender 26.9 Gravity 22.1 Splatting 35.1 24% 28 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2862 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1481 (B1) Unknown 98 98 16 (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 62 52 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 484 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8805527215	89.9% Excellent	Read 503 Write 334 Mixed 344 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 25.5 131% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 41.7 85% 175 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 118%
Maxtor STM3750330AS 750GB 301 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 13GB free Firmware: MX15 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 118 99 198790338 (03) Spinup time 95 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3482 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 64540972677 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8769 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 20 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2977 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 21475164167 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 45 639959078 (C2) HDA temperature 37 56 73014444069 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 29 198790338 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4	35.3% Below average	Read 59.7 Write 63.1 Mixed 62.7 47% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.33 76% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 2x4GB 402 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3007 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 30 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 37.6 SC Mixed 27.2 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 101%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170M-PLUS/BR

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	30x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	28x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	24x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	17x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	17x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	20x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	17x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	7x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	13x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	7x
KHX2400C15/8G Team Group Inc. Team-Elite-2400 16GBKingstonBench 72%, 19 samples	6x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $249

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