Asus Z240IC-H170

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.9% 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	56.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Asus Z240IC-H170 (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK Z240IC-H170
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160316
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '18 at 14:02
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700T 9,225 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1151p, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 218 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 556 58% 467 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M 73,363 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Asus(1043 86C6) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7563 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Lighting 22.6 Reflection 17.2 Parallax 19.4 18% 19.7 fps	MRender 23.9 Gravity 22.6 Splatting 16.7 17% 21 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 379 Write 318 Mixed 314 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 30.5 4K Mixed 14.2 66% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 32.1 DQ Write 60 DQ Mixed 18.6 22% 36.9 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 124%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$55 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 628GB free Firmware: AX0R2J Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1711 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 100 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 293 (0A) Spinup retry count 102 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 92 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 268 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 206159806497 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 183 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 268 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	54.9% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 94.2 Mixed 92.2 71% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.2 64% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 55,289 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	72.6% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 21.9 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 22.1 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 76%

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Gaming 11%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 11%

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System: Asus Z240IC-H170

CPU
Core i7-6700TIntelBench 70%, 9,225 samples	38x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	31x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	7x

SSD
SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $290Bench 185%, 5,772 samples	8x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	3x
850 Pro 512GBSamsung $182Bench 102%, 68,849 samples	1x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	14x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	9x
HMA82GS6MFR8N-TF 2x16GBHynixBench 69%, 5,073 samples	4x

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Value: 18% - Very poor

Total price: $290

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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