Asus Z170M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	122% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180503
Uptime	14.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '19 at 03:02
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 249 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 708 70% 573 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 146 Parallax 133 107% 137 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 128 Splatting 109 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$53 30,265 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FK11.L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 216 221 218 215 219 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 627 Write 731 Mixed 665 SusWrite 258 128% 570 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 46.7 165% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 694 DQ Write 647 DQ Mixed 572 456% 638 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 141%
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 76GB free Firmware: Z32070RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 115 64 113 90 104 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 309 Write 333 Mixed 111 SusWrite 123 49% 219 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 13.2 84% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 9.7 65% 149 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 502GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 117 117 116 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 170 Write 142 Mixed 82 SusWrite 116 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 192 195 194 194 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 151 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 193 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 27.7 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 27.3 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 85%

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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 $241Bench 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: $250

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 $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16