Asus H170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.21% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	55.2% 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '16 at 22:26
Run Duration	439 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 205 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 408 55% 412 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4416 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.21% Terrible	Lighting 6.2 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 6.84 5% 7.76 fps	MRender 9 Gravity 6.07 Splatting 14.3 8% 9.78 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.21% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 420GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 24580491 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23029614641156 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 4 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 29 94491181084 (C2) HDA temperature 28 29 94491181084 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 24580491 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 24580491 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 24580491 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 21474836480 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294959459 (EA) Unknown 0 0 36 (F1) Unknown 0 0 36 (F2) Unknown 0 0 26 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1769488	55.2% Above average	Read 494 Write 234 Mixed 304 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 13.3 4K Mixed 12.2 49% 14.3 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 85.8 DQ Mixed 9.35 43% 99.4 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 65%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 14,254 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	7.38% Terrible	Read 26.5 Write 5.51 Mixed 7.84 13% 13.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.76 4K Write 0.24 4K Mixed 0.01 34% 2.34 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.38% Great: 7%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 4GB 7,184 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 0GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	8.15% Terrible	Read 21.5 Write 3.72 Mixed 5.87 10% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 1.15 92% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.15% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 25.5 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 22.3 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 85%

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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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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	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 $279	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 $184	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