Asus H170M-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.6% 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)
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	19.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	6.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '19 at 06:10
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 87.3 1-Core 107 2-Core 213 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 424 57% 424 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Lighting 45.7 Reflection 46.2 Parallax 40.5 37% 44.1 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 41.3 Splatting 37.9 32% 39.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,540 Write 5,546 Mixed 5,612 1,383% 6,233 MB/s	4K Read 527 4K Write 224 4K Mixed 291 1,290% 347 MB/s	DQ Read 1,664 DQ Write 1240 DQ Mixed 1,425 1,072% 1,443 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 52GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 41 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	24.8% Poor	Read 44.7 Write 26.7 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 41.3 27% 36.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 43%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 137 140 140 139 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 156 Write 148 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 138 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G KHX2666C15D4/4G KHX2400C15/8G KHX2666C15D4/4G 24GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.1% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 24.8 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 22.5 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 95%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Battle cruiser

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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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