Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.61% 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	85% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	33.1 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '21 at 16:34
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	69% Good	Memory 76.6 1-Core 88.2 2-Core 171 65% 112 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 467 50% 400 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia Quadro 600 15,964 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 0835) 1GB CLim: 640 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 377.83 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.97% Terrible	Lighting 3.5 Reflection 5.2 Parallax 1.2 3% 3.3 fps	MRender 5.1 Gravity 4 Splatting 3 3% 4.03 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.97% Great: 3%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.61% Terrible	Lighting 5.9 Reflection 6.9 Parallax 6.7 5% 6.5 fps	MRender 8 Gravity 6 Splatting 11.2 7% 8.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.61% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 48GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 189 57 57 49 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 426 Write 172 Mixed 263 SusWrite 132 55% 249 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 46.1 4K Mixed 33.8 108% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 223 181% 261 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 126%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$99 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 155GB free Firmware: M0CR070 SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 316 315 310 278 299 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 371 Write 387 Mixed 290 SusWrite 306 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 45.4 4K Mixed 18.8 71% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 198 167% 241 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 104%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$81 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 274GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 381 387 378 344 361 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 423 Write 374 Mixed 366 SusWrite 372 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 45.9 4K Mixed 30.5 99% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 270 218% 309 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 125%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 116GB free Firmware: MS2OA800 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 125 124 121 124 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 133 Write 105 Mixed 32.6 SusWrite 124 71% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2666C15-8GVR F4-2666C15-16GVR F4-2666C15-8GVR F4-2666C15-16GVR 48GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	69.8% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 18.2 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 87.1 46% 87.1 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 91%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	386x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	291x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	122x
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	60x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	51x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $518

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16