Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161229
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '18 at 07:24
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 235 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 629 63% 514 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Lighting 85.6 Reflection 85.2 Parallax 75.1 70% 82 fps	MRender 84.3 Gravity 78.3 Splatting 79.9 66% 80.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3K87RA Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 492 Write 351 Mixed 315 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 36.7 133% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 90.1 DQ Mixed 18.1 58% 131 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 82%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 193GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 110 110 110 110 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 77.2 Write 75.8 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 110 60% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 168% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 183 183 181 183 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 144 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 182 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 16GB 356 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 15GB free, PID 00c4 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.9 4.8 5.4 3.7 3.1 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	5.7% Terrible	Read 22.3 Write 1.5 Mixed 7.8 SusWrite 4.3 9% 8.97 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 24% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.7% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBD1 CT8G4DFS8213.M8FB 16GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 25.3 88% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 24.7 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 57.6 70% 57.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 86%

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Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

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 $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 $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: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $515

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