Asus H170-PLUS D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36.3% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H170-PLUS D3 (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160126
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '20 at 03:41
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 above expectations (74^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Memory 78.9 1-Core 99.4 2-Core 204 72% 127 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 370 45% 344 Pts	64-Core 385 24% 385 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3966) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Lighting 47.4 Reflection 45.2 Parallax 39.8 39% 44.1 fps	MRender 39.9 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 37.5 32% 39.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 271GB free (System drive) Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 23 20 22 23 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	25.7% Poor	Read 66.4 Write 51.5 Mixed 49.4 SusWrite 22.6 35% 47.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 139% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 63%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 163GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 95 95 93 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 121 Write 91.8 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 94.8 67% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 171% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PNY 64D0JKHHJ 2x8GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 18.4 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 16.2 44% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 82.6 48% 82.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 56%

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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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Typical H170-PLUS D3 Builds (Compare 260 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 29%

Raft

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 25%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus H170-PLUS D3

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	40x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	37x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	35x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	21x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	18x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $68Bench 224%, 92,081 samples	7x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	5x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	24x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	9x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	8x

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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