Asus H170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.7% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	132% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus H170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	21.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '23 at 06:10
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 73.6 1-Core 101 2-Core 198 70% 124 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 522 55% 442 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 31.0.101.2111 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	4.7% Terrible	Lighting 6.3 Reflection 7.5 Parallax 7 5% 6.93 fps	MRender 7.8 Gravity 8.1 Splatting 0.2 4% 5.37 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.7% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Cx2-8b256-q11 NVMe LITEON 256GB 2,143 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 48811QC Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 321 315 296 295 266 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 1,107 Write 527 Mixed 520 SusWrite 305 136% 615 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 70.8 4K Mixed 42.3 141% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 708 DQ Write 414 DQ Mixed 449 364% 523 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 208%
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB-$159 41,734 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 321GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 164 163 163 163 166 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 461 Write 422 Mixed 381 SusWrite 200 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 38.6 134% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 330 248% 332 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD824A.M16FE 4x8GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 20.5 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 18.3 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 87.7 46% 87.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 107%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	58	36	120	24.1"	1280 720	SAM0F90 LC24RG50

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Typical H170 PRO GAMING Builds (Compare 2,072 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 61%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 52%

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Motherboard: Asus H170 PRO GAMING - $130

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	454x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	367x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	328x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	231x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	214x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	185x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	135x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	72x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	38x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	123x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	91x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	85x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $667

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16