Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.1% 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	96.8% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160314
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '18 at 02:58
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 232 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 445 60% 445 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 114 Parallax 108 95% 113 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 101 Splatting 98.1 80% 98.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 136 96 98 101 98 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 373 Write 433 Mixed 302 SusWrite 131 70% 310 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 54.8 186% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 347 263% 355 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 669GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 172 178 180 180 179 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 116 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 178 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.3% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 20.3 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 18.5 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 79%

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

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	305x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	248x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	173x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	190x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	153x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	50x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	31x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	49x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	41x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	32x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $323

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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