Asus H170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.3% 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	181% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus H170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '21 at 18:40
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	8%

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 i5-6500-$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)	78.1% Very good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 111 2-Core 219 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 424 57% 424 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2951) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	Lighting 35.6 Reflection 39.9 Parallax 32.5 29% 36 fps	MRender 35 Gravity 34.5 Splatting 30.6 27% 33.4 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 746 622 579 557 551 533 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 1,490 Write 927 Mixed 646 SusWrite 598 203% 915 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 43.7 175% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 1,081 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 380 365% 596 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 243%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 2BC10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 94 96 96 96 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 106 Write 85.9 Mixed 60.4 SusWrite 95.9 64% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 70%
Seagate ST500DM005 HD502HJ 500GB 10,272 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 464GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 135 136 136 136 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 124 Write 37.6 Mixed 69.9 SusWrite 132 67% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.2 226% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 77%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 4TB 1,852 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 695GB free Firmware: 050B SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 159 162 163 163 163 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 146 Write 97.8 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 160 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.16FADG 2x8GB 569 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	76.4% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 24.7 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 22.3 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 87%

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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 $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