Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.37% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	146% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151229
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '16 at 14:30
Run Duration	404 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G4400-$45 36,432 User benchmarks, average bench 47% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	53.1% Above average	Memory 76.1 1-Core 97.7 2-Core 174 67% 116 Pts	4-Core 177 8-Core 172 24% 175 Pts	64-Core 160 10% 160 Pts
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 61%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% HP(103C 2128) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1101.1001 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.72% Terrible	Lighting 2.4 Reflection 2.42 Parallax 2 2% 2.27 fps	MRender 1.76 Gravity 0.8 Splatting 1.96 1% 1.51 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.72% Great: 2%
Intel HD 510 (Desktop Skylake) 16,316 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4474 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	3.37% Terrible	Lighting 3.3 Reflection 4.62 Parallax 2.97 3% 3.63 fps	MRender 5.52 Gravity 2.9 Splatting 7.87 5% 5.43 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 3.37% Great: 3%
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 2126) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.21% Terrible	Lighting 1.23 Reflection 1.85 Parallax 1.56 1% 1.55 fps	MRender 1.95 Gravity 1.6 Splatting 2.22 2% 1.92 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.21% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingdian S280-240GB 240GB 2,188 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 101GB free Firmware: P0414B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 163 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 94 (A3) Unknown 100 100 58 (A4) Unknown 100 100 3114 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12642 (F2) Unknown 100 100 105966 (F5) Unknown 100 100 12456
Poor: 58% Great: 100%
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$124 11,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 101GB free Firmware: O0919A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1004 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 299 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 66 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 37536 (A5) Unknown 100 100 113 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 36 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 11 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 116634 (F2) Unknown 100 100 143749 (F5) Unknown 100 100 300288
Poor: 62% Great: 114%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB-$110 2,093 User benchmarks, average bench 165% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5070 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 138 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 90 90 294 (AE) Unknown 99 99 77 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 411 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 49 42 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 37704 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3827 (F2) Unknown 99 99 13224	146% Outstanding	Read 1,621 Write 451 Mixed 661 198% 911 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 24.7 151% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 122 116% 182 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 188%
Asmedia ASM1053E 320GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 88GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 102 Write 98.8 Mixed 94.8 74% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.35 69% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 58%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 16GB 194 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 15GB free, PID 00ad Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 117 Write 4.45 Mixed 8.68 33% 43.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.26 4K Write 0.16 4K Mixed 0.58 45% 2 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.M16FAD 2x8GB 240 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2242 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.7% Above average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 19.2 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 13.1 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 88 45% 88 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 51.7% 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	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