Asus H170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus H170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '16 at 01:25
Run Duration	316 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 85.8 1-Core 103 2-Core 204 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 414 55% 413 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 375.95 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 118 Parallax 102 94% 112 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 101 82% 99.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: O120 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 470 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 604 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 31 (A3) Unknown 100 100 284 (94) Unknown 100 100 88971 (95) Unknown 100 100 1234 (96) Unknown 100 100 1067 (97) Unknown 100 100 1202 (A4) Unknown 100 100 25375 (A5) Unknown 100 100 82 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37529979912217 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 108897 (F2) Unknown 100 100 112600 (F5) Unknown 100 100 149871 (F6) Unknown 100 100 177942 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	77.3% Very good	Read 483 Write 249 Mixed 263 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 23.7 111% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 24.4 70% 152 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 92%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 185GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 169 2516 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2640 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2603 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 608 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6761 (C2) HDA temperature 109 102 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	96.2% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 168 Mixed 159 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.31 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.36 139% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 109%
SanDisk Clip Jam 8GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 74f0 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	5.38% Terrible	Read 16.9 Write 5.63 Mixed 7.48 11% 10 MB/s	4K Read 7.09 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.009 27% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.38% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.8FARG 4x4GB 497 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.7% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 25.1 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 22.2 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 101%

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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	282x
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	105x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	74x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	51x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16