Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	46.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	201% 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '19 at 12:22
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 116 2-Core 226 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 440 57% 429 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% ASRock(1849 5026) ≥ 4GB; Asrock Phantom Gaming D CLim: 1244 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	46.9% Average	Lighting 57.5 Reflection 64.1 Parallax 72.8 47% 64.8 fps	MRender 64 Gravity 56.6 Splatting 53.1 47% 57.9 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$59 34,063 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: SS0328D Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 247 259 458 273 273 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 2,416 Write 551 Mixed 130 SusWrite 298 182% 849 MB/s	4K Read 61.9 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 56.5 255% 95.6 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 158 135% 194 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 271%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 123GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 318 317 317 317 316 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 433 Mixed 396 SusWrite 332 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 63 207% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 199 162% 224 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 122%
Kingmax 240GB 240GB 2,389 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 111GB free Firmware: SAFM12.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 189 195 198 195 193 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 462 Write 433 Mixed 324 SusWrite 229 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 25 4K Mixed 24.1 83% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 19.9 DQ Mixed 58.5 49% 74.2 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 95%
Sandisk Ultra USB 3.0 31GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 24GB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 32 27 10 16 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 42.7 Write 32.1 Mixed 36 SusWrite 22.2 25% 33.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 2.6 491% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 2400 C15 Series 2x4GB 790 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2187 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 22.8 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 22.1 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 89%

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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 $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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 $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16