Asus Q170M-C

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 45%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.55% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	19.2% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 15 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Q170M-C (all builds)
Memory	23 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '23 at 14:44
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	45% Average	Memory 59.9 1-Core 72.5 2-Core 140 52% 90.8 Pts	4-Core 167 8-Core 218 24% 192 Pts	64-Core 321 20% 321 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7528 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	4.55% Terrible	Lighting 4.9 Reflection 0.1 Parallax 0.1 4% 1.7 fps	MRender 7.3 Gravity 4.8 Splatting 8.1 6% 6.73 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.55% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Ramsta S800 256GB 813 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: RI19V0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 2.5 5.6 50 2.8 2.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 299 Write 108 Mixed 7 SusWrite 15 23% 107 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.2 24% 6.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 500GB (2016)-$30 16,451 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 461GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 180 187 187 182 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 174 Mixed 83.4 SusWrite 183 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-139.A00G 99U5702-094.A00G 99U5702-084.A00G 99U5702-094.A00G 32GB 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.4% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 24.2 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 14.4 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 128 31% 128 ns

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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 Q170M-C Builds (Compare 347 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus Q170M-C

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	130x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	72x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	41x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	54x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	24x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	18x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 480GBKingston $175Bench 73%, 24,007 samples	14x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x

RAM
9905622-058.A00G 2x8GBKingstonBench 67%, 2,759 samples	9x
KYXC0V-MIB 1x16GBKingstonBench 43%, 487 samples	6x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	6x

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Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $355

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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