Asus H170M-E D3

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.7% 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	217% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H170M-E D3 (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '17 at 14:51
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 85.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 458 62% 460 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7970-$435 6,727 User benchmarks, average bench 36% Gigabyte(1458 254D) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.9.3 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.7% Below average	Lighting 43.9 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 63.8 36% 46.5 fps	MRender 29.5 Gravity 48.7 Splatting 40 32% 39.4 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 174GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8107 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3663 (B1) Unknown 97 97 144 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 37 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 12 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1346 (F1) Unknown 99 99 61672029188	107% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 487 Mixed 508 112% 503 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 31.8 146% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 16.1 88% 200 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 2,287 Write 1,146 Mixed 1,350 351% 1,594 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 27.2 178% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 48.7 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 21.3 37% 68.7 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT51264BD160BJ.M8F CT51264BA160BJ.C8F CT51264BD160BJ.M8F CT51264BA160BJ.M8F 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1733, 1733, 1733, 1733 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	66.3% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 20 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 22.4 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 66%

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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 $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 $273	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 $186	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