Asus H170M-E D3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.93% 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	52.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H170M-E D3 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '19 at 00:06
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Memory 68.9 1-Core 29.7 2-Core 113 42% 70.5 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 363 50% 370 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.93% Terrible	Lighting 6.17 Reflection 8.73 Parallax 6.09 5% 7 fps	MRender 8.48 Gravity 5.43 Splatting 12.8 8% 8.91 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.93% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 120GB-$75 5,451 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 147 140 129 147 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 326 Write 190 Mixed 216 SusWrite 130 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 29.3 4K Mixed 21 71% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 96.5 102% 169 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 73GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 76 120 106 105 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 88.2 Write 93 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 107 65% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 201% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.7% Average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.9 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 12.1 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 62%

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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 8%

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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 $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	64x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	57x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	56x

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

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	13x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	11x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	24x
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: $107

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