Asus H170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


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 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	11.8% 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	184% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus H170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160920
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '16 at 21:24
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	5%

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 i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 242 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 464 62% 464 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K620-$170 16,214 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Nvidia(10DE 1098) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7563 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Lighting 14.7 Reflection 14.5 Parallax 10.9 12% 13.4 fps	MRender 12.2 Gravity 13.7 Splatting 15.7 12% 13.9 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 205GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7001Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 2,206 Write 918 Mixed 1,160 313% 1,428 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 19.7 102% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 36.8 DQ Write 394 DQ Mixed 201 160% 210 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 236%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 128 128 21494235432 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 673 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2600 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 638 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2477 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2477 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 214749347866 (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 200 200 27	92.5% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 142 Mixed 153 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.2 86% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 5GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 26766113 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1719 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 88681810 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28258 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1719 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 77 46 538050583 (C2) HDA temperature 23 54 55834574871 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 22 26766113 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 108336255107108 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1781225569 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1164014960	60.6% Good	Read 106 Write 106 Mixed 72.2 70% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.28 76% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAR11 2x4GB 561 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 23 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.1 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 76%

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Gaming 11%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 11%

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Motherboard: Asus H170M-PLUS - $296

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	321x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	281x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	140x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	136x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	104x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	73x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	51x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	26x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	58x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	43x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	31x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $701

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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