Asus H170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus H170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160621
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '17 at 18:41
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 209 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 423 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Lighting 69.8 Reflection 66.2 Parallax 81.8 57% 72.6 fps	MRender 67.7 Gravity 66.7 Splatting 55.5 51% 63.3 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 494 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 80 (A5) Unknown 100 100 146039963804 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 38 266287972395 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 223340134452 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 476 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1465 (F1) Unknown 253 253 908 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1903 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	48.7% Average	Read 466 Write 132 Mixed 322 67% 307 MB/s	4K Read 10.6 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 3.94 51% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 6.12 52% 119 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 204GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 169 2175 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 152 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 950 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 150 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 989 (C2) HDA temperature 113 105 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	99.9% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 160 Mixed 158 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.33 123% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 109%
Kingston DataTraveler R3.0 USB 3.0 16GB-$15 505 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 15GB free, PID 168e Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 190 Write 30.5 Mixed 33.2 76% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.19 4K Write 0.27 4K Mixed 0.03 37% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 1x8GB-$25 15,315 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	43.1% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 13 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 14.3 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 44%

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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	280x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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