Gigabyte GA-Q170M-MK

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.74% 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	95.1% 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	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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Q170M-MK (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180531
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '21 at 08:40
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 469 62% 467 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 645 4,869 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Nvidia(10DE 1029) 1GB CLim: 823 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	9.74% Terrible	Lighting 11.3 Reflection 12.8 Parallax 14.3 9% 12.8 fps	MRender 14.6 Gravity 14.1 Splatting 11.5 11% 13.4 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.74% Great: 10%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 284 288 289 287 288 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 390 Write 292 Mixed 270 SusWrite 286 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 35 160% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 275 216% 301 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT4G4DFS8213.C8FBD2 2x4GB 2,387 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	72% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 21.5 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 22.4 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 78%

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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-MK Builds (Compare 32 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Q170M-MK

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	9x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	7x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	4x
R9 280XAMD $500Bench 35%, 94,130 samples	2x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	2x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 196%, 44,403 samples	3x
Trion 150 480GBOCZ $300Bench 85%, 13,412 samples	3x
850 Pro 512GBSamsung $190Bench 102%, 68,849 samples	2x

RAM
M378A1G43DB0-CPB 859B CT4G4DFS8213.C8FBD1 M378A2K43CB1-CTD 859B CT4G4DFS824A.C8FHP 32GBSamsungBench 62%, 5 samples	3x
M378A1K43BB1-CPB 4x8GBSamsungBench 73%, 760 samples	2x
CT4G4DFS8213.M8FB 2x4GBCrucialBench 68%, 473 samples	2x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $380

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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