Asus Q170M-C

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 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 60.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	84.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Q170M-C (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '23 at 19:53
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7100-$62 79,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Memory 74.7 1-Core 104 2-Core 187 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 281 37% 275 Pts	64-Core 283 18% 283 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$290 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2066) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 537.42 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 120 Parallax 104 86% 110 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 94.1 Splatting 86.5 82% 102 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SHGS31-1000GS-2 1TB 11,576 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 267GB free (System drive) Firmware: 90000Q00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 382 391 384 280 229 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 410 Write 379 Mixed 352 SusWrite 327 83% 367 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 72.2 4K Mixed 32.6 111% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 355 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 115%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 64GB 360 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 40GB free, PID 00ee Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 27 Mixed 6.7 14% 16.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 6% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA851U6AFR6N-UH HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 8GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.5% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 19.7 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 18.9 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 88.5 45% 88.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 74%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 2: 0P 0R 0G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
2%	5%	43	190	15	60	21.5"	1920 1080	SAM0AE5 S22C150

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Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 10%

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Motherboard: Asus Q170M-C

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	131x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	73x
Core i5-6400Intel $72Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	42x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	56x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	25x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $239Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	18x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 480GBKingston $175Bench 73%, 24,007 samples	14x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $260	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