Asus Q170M-C

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	6.26% 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	78.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	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.

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Q170M-C (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '23 at 05:50
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (45^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-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	70% Good	Memory 75.7 1-Core 97.1 2-Core 170 66% 114 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 570 56% 458 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 31.0.101.2111 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.26% Terrible	Lighting 6.7 Reflection 7.7 Parallax 7.1 6% 7.17 fps	MRender 10 Gravity 8.6 Splatting 9.9 8% 9.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.26% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU630 480GB 31,107 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 381GB free (System drive) Firmware: XD0R840H SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 376 385 387 384 387 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 386 Write 355 Mixed 320 SusWrite 382 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 50.2 4K Mixed 29 98% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 193 150% 201 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC62 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 127 140 139 184 163 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 116 Write 131 Mixed 66.4 SusWrite 151 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 86% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA82GU7AFR8N-UH 2x16GB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	66% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 21.3 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 18.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 92 44% 92 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 83%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	69	57	60	23.8"	1280 720	PHLC212 PHL 241V8

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Typical Q170M-C Builds (Compare 354 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 $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	132x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	73x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 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 $195Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	18x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 480GBKingston $175Bench 73%, 24,007 samples	14x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 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: $345

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16