Gigabyte GA-Q170M-D3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Q170M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161124
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '19 at 00:15
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 81 1-Core 114 2-Core 187 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 645 62% 508 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3794) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.4% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 130 Parallax 122 97% 124 fps	MRender 90.4 Gravity 118 Splatting 97.4 83% 102 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: UJ450000 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 439 Write 284 Mixed 164 65% 295 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 25.9 4K Mixed 18.7 63% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 73.7 DQ Write 62.1 DQ Mixed 42.4 39% 59.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% Great: 55%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 48GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 86 103 103 103 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 167 Write 141 Mixed 30 SusWrite 97.9 79% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 111% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 195GB free Firmware: HP73 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 106 122 123 121 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 136 Write 133 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 119 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD48G266681 2x8GB 6,425 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.8% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 19.3 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 21.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 78.7 51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 95%

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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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Typical GA-Q170M-D3H Builds (Compare 21 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 70%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Q170M-D3H

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	7x
Core i5-6402PIntelBench 68%, 15,913 samples	6x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	5x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	4x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	3x
Radeon HD 6450AMDBench 2%, 32,407 samples	2x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	3x
SP600 256GBAdataBench 80%, 4,724 samples	3x
KingFast 256GBBench 72%, 7,147 samples	2x

RAM
9905625-066.A00G 1x16GBKingstonBench 39%, 1,752 samples	3x
M378A1G43EB1-CPB M378A1K43CB2-CTD 16GBSamsungBench 65%, 82 samples	3x
KD4AGUA8A-26N1900 1x16GBUnknownBench 49%, 785 samples	2x

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Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $805

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16