Asus Z240IC-H170

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.1% 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	245% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Asus Z240IC-H170 (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK Z240IC-H170
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '17 at 20:27
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700T 9,225 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1151p, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 109 2-Core 204 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 543 57% 458 Pts	64-Core 529 33% 529 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Intel(8086 1912) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4474 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.1% Terrible	Lighting 6.4 Reflection 17.3 Parallax 6.66 5% 10.1 fps	MRender 7.95 Gravity 5.6 Splatting 13.4 8% 9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.1% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 512GB-$290 5,772 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 435GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2745 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 465 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 23 (AE) Unknown 99 99 24 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1654 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 38 62 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 11776 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2823 (F2) Unknown 99 99 3028	245% Outstanding	Read 1,952 Write 1,533 Mixed 1,619 378% 1,702 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 50.4 184% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 428 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 166 178% 298 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 241%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3TB free Firmware: 9300 Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Read 38 Write 39.5 Mixed 36.3 28% 37.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 4.47 4K Mixed 0.6 194% 2.05 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 66%
Seagate Ultra Slim PL 2TB 1,166 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 111 Write 120 Mixed 84 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.54 134% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 68%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 886GB free Firmware: AX0R2J Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1685 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1120 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 2608 (0A) Spinup retry count 122 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 466 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4124 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 206159806500 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 54 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 268 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	62.3% Good	Read 111 Write 107 Mixed 106 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.2 67% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 62%
Seagate BUP SL 4TB 1,990 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 854GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 80.1 Write 79 Mixed 56.6 54% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 5.59 4K Mixed 0.3 163% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 67%
WD My Passport 25E4 4TB 385 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 3.5TB free, PID 25e4 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Read 113 Write 14.6 Mixed 67 69% 65 MB/s	4K Read 1.54 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.09 47% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GB 17,761 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	67.7% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 18.9 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 20.7 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 74%

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Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

System: Asus Z240IC-H170

CPU
Core i7-6700TIntelBench 70%, 9,225 samples	38x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	31x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	7x

SSD
SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $290Bench 185%, 5,772 samples	8x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	3x
850 Pro 512GBSamsung $210Bench 102%, 68,849 samples	1x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	14x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	9x
HMA82GS6MFR8N-TF 2x16GBHynixBench 69%, 5,073 samples	4x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 18% - Very poor

Total price: $290

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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