Asus H170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.3% 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	93.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus H170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	3.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160920
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '18 at 09:55
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 (100^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 94.5 2-Core 186 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 382 50% 374 Pts	64-Core 343 21% 343 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36BE) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.3% Below average	Lighting 41.4 Reflection 41.8 Parallax 41.4 34% 41.5 fps	MRender 35.4 Gravity 38.7 Splatting 34 29% 36.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 2 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7662 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 974 (B1) Unknown 80 80 420 (B3) Unknown 99 99 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 2 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 17283 (BE) vendor-specific 62 52 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 17283 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 153218369202	93.9% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 390 Mixed 403 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 23.4 131% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 103 122% 213 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 124%
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 225GB free Firmware: GH2ZB550 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 222 222 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2214 (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 75 75 11327 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2201 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1712717916 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 157408 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 244813660189 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	65.7% Good	Read 111 Write 118 Mixed 105 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.19 73% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 72%
Seagate ST31000521AS 1TB 390 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 174GB free Firmware: CCA3 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 232372534 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1431 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 48963472 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11034 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1298 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 57 94490787924 (BD) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BE) vendor-specific 66 41 189550755874 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1948 (C2) HDA temperature 34 59 42949672994 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 18 232372534 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -111316962364501 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1348817559 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2731467093	40.6% Average	Read 65.3 Write 76.1 Mixed 93.9 60% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.49 106% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 38,955 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.1% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 21.6 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 17.9 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 91%

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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	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	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 $179	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