Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.81% 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	114% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (99%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	20.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160620
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '16 at 00:14
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	99%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 142 2-Core 282 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 484 60% 459 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.2% 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. 20.19.15.4463 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.81% Terrible	Lighting 8.27 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 7.97 7% 9.48 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 7.27 Splatting 16.8 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.81% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1308 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 367 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 51 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 25 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5067883158	114% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 412 Mixed 418 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 44.4 178% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 94 131% 241 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 70GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8908 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1527 (B1) Unknown 95 95 151 (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 69 41 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 55 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16393201770	98.8% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 362 Mixed 414 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 22.2 144% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 58.9 116% 233 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 110%
LSI MegaRAID 8344ELP 3TB 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.12 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	305% Outstanding	Read 684 Write 377 Mixed 500 391% 520 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 4.28 4K Mixed 1.71 733% 5.71 MB/s

Seagate ST91000640NS 1TB 1,135 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 191GB free Firmware: SN03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 67 63 5951385 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 591 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6951068 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1876 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 447 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 46 571932706 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1731 (C2) HDA temperature 34 54 42949672994 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 103 99 5951385 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	44.8% Average	Read 78.8 Write 77 Mixed 71.3 57% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.5 114% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 64%
ST3000DM 001-1CH166 3TB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 154GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 149 Write 146 Mixed 116 173% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.3 51% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2400C15-4GVR F4-2400C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-4GVR F4-2400C15-8GVR 24GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 26 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 24.1 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 86%

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Gaming 51%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $109Bench 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: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $536

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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