Asus H170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


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 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.6% 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	39% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus H170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '17 at 19:57
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	24%

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 i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 212 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 428 57% 425 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Lighting 70.4 Reflection 70.4 Parallax 62.4 57% 67.7 fps	MRender 74.1 Gravity 65.8 Splatting 54.8 52% 64.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 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 105 105 9831231 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 29738353568811 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1877 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 1 (AE) Unknown 0 0 553 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9831231 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9831231 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9831231 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11702 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10080 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10080 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7109	39% Below average	Read 186 Write 103 Mixed 125 30% 138 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 8.92 79% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 17 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 7.73 21% 42.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 61%
WD Re 2TB-$54 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01D02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8641 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 948 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11649 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 910 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 909 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 38 (C2) HDA temperature 113 101 2563623 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	83.6% Excellent	Read 143 Write 148 Mixed 141 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.87 4K Mixed 0.53 150% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 83%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 205GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 72.7 Write 79.5 Mixed 68.1 95% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.17 65% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 43%
Sony Storage Media 32GB 1,268 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 11GB free, PID 09c2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	23.3% Poor	Read 125 Write 13.9 Mixed 12.7 42% 50.6 MB/s	4K Read 8.47 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.02 33% 2.84 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 25.8 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 80%

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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 $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