Asus H170M-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	21.8% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160920
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '21 at 19:59
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 (89^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Memory 75.7 1-Core 91.4 2-Core 188 67% 118 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 373 48% 362 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 04B4) CLim: 1236 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.8% Poor	Lighting 27.5 Reflection 28.9 Parallax 34.7 22% 30.4 fps	MRender 28.3 Gravity 29 Splatting 20 20% 25.8 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 33 32 34 35 30 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 44% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 27GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 112 87 138 120 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 136 Write 137 Mixed 73.6 SusWrite 122 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-014.A00G 2x4GB 1,428 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.5% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 21.1 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 16.4 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 88.9 45% 88.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 87%

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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 H170M-PLUS Builds (Compare 1,290 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

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	42x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	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) $35	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