Asus H170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	122% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151119
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '16 at 02:56
Run Duration	269 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 709 74% 595 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 375.95 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 120 Parallax 110 92% 114 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 101 Splatting 88.7 78% 96.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsun 850 EVO M.2 250GB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8046 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 290 (B1) Unknown 98 98 24 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 35 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 35 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8279162633	122% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 413 Mixed 418 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 50.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 50 203% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 110 140% 251 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 122%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 876GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 1503088 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1172 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 139210 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7792 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 290 (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 78 64 387121174 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2289 (C2) HDA temperature 22 40 47244640278 (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 86882893430882 (F1) Unknown 100 253 594392356 (F2) Unknown 100 253 411423394	114% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 195 Mixed 181 145% 193 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.25 104% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,774 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 237GB free, PID a208 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 64.5 Write 87.5 Mixed 44.1 85% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.16 54% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 44%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 16GB 897 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 15GB free, PID c75d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	8.35% Terrible	Read 31.3 Write 6.62 Mixed 10.6 16% 16.2 MB/s	4K Read 9.9 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.23 45% 3.38 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.35% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	76.8% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.8 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 23.9 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 104%

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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	283x
Core i5-6400Intel $77Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	141x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	137x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	105x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	74x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	51x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	26x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	59x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16