Asus H170M-E D3

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	68.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.1% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (67%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H170M-E D3 (all builds)
Memory	1.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150807
Uptime	10.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '22 at 00:50
Run Duration	313 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	67%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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-$73 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Memory 73.4 1-Core 78.8 2-Core 159 60% 104 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 175 32% 220 Pts	64-Core 199 12% 199 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$200 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC8) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.65 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.7% Good	Lighting 90.5 Reflection 87.5 Parallax 75.3 74% 84.4 fps	MRender 63.6 Gravity 79.4 Splatting 71.8 59% 71.6 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: AAHA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 127 116 104 97 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 1182 Write 133 Mixed 203 SusWrite 116 87% 408 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 3 76% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 84.7 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 120 95% 129 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 193%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 685GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 89 89 94 93 93 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 84.1 Write 80.4 Mixed 48.5 SusWrite 91.6 56% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-060.A00LF 99U5471-052.A00LF 16GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	MC Read 6.8 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 5.8 18% 6.47 GB/s	SC Read 1.8 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 4.5 12% 4.1 GB/s	Latency 93.8 43% 93.8 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 53%

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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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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Asus H170M-E D3

CPU
Core i5-6400Intel $73Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	65x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	57x
Core i5-6600Intel $123Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	57x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	44x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	28x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	27x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	13x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	11x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	25x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 5,347 samples	7x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $101

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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