Ciara CIARA Q170M-DA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.73% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago.

System	Ciara CIARA Q170M-DA (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK Q170M-C
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170208
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '23 at 18:57
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Memory 77.4 1-Core 92.8 2-Core 187 68% 119 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 302 43% 315 Pts	64-Core 325 20% 325 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 520 16,336 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 83BD) 1GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 300 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.54 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.73% Terrible	Lighting 2 Reflection 3 Parallax 0.6 2% 1.87 fps	MRender 2.7 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 2.1 2% 2.4 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.73% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKT1A3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 386 Write 400 Mixed 334 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 63 4K Mixed 29.8 113% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 184 167% 251 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 100%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 629GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 116 118 123 118 119 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 118 Write 100 Mixed 88.3 SusWrite 119 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43BB1-CPB M378A1K43CB2-CTD 16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.8% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 20.9 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 18.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 85.5 47% 85.5 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 85%

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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 50%

Yacht

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 40%

Speed boat

System: Ciara CIARA Q170M-DA

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	21x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1x
Core i5-6600Intel $123Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $239Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	8x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	5x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	2x

SSD
Burst Elite 480GBPatriotBench 73%, 967 samples	7x
Premier SP550 240GBAdata $74Bench 79%, 29,295 samples	2x
M4 256GBCrucial $218Bench 61%, 17,938 samples	1x

RAM
PSD48G266681 2x8GBPatriotBench 79%, 6,425 samples	5x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 86,372 samples	2x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 80%, 29,586 samples	2x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $306

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16