Asus H170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160215
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '18 at 19:50
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 105 2-Core 209 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 392 53% 396 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1291 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.2% Below average	Lighting 40.2 Reflection 38.6 Parallax 34.2 33% 37.7 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 34.5 Splatting 31.4 28% 34.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 480 GB 480GB 8,604 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 281GB free (System drive) Firmware: UG3000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (A5) Unknown 100 100 105 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 302 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 79 45 193273528341 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 128850329630 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 498 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1182 (F1) Unknown 100 100 557 (F2) Unknown 100 100 285 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	60.2% Good	Read 514 Write 297 Mixed 9.44 59% 274 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 37.6 4K Mixed 6.15 60% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 82.8 DQ Mixed 9.23 32% 70.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 57%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 542GB free Firmware: 0708 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 104 Write 146 Mixed 88.3 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 4.44 4K Mixed 0.41 168% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 66%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$40 18,782 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 678GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 132 125 4400 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 674 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3233 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 672 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 662 (C2) HDA temperature 114 106 29 (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	69.7% Good	Read 117 Write 126 Mixed 123 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.18 89% 1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 85%
Seagate Expansion 500GB 5,329 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 136GB free Firmware: 9300 Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 60.1 Write 55.8 Mixed 80 50% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 0.55 4K Mixed 0.15 38% 0.32 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 62%

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)	43.2% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 12.7 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.9 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 44%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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