Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 54.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	72.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170307
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '18 at 19:49
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	53%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^st 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-$60 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Memory 57.3 1-Core 82.6 2-Core 161 56% 100 Pts	4-Core 293 8-Core 316 40% 304 Pts	64-Core 325 20% 325 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.7% Very good	Lighting 89.7 Reflection 99.2 Parallax 84.4 73% 91.1 fps	MRender 87.8 Gravity 85.4 Splatting 89.3 72% 87.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 362 383 393 274 153 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 420 Write 408 Mixed 365 SusWrite 307 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 39.5 136% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 134%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$40 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 811GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 160 172 161 158 167 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 151 Write 160 Mixed 33 SusWrite 162 91% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 7,238 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 17.7 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 13.7 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 136 29% 136 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 111%

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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 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	309x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	250x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	174x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	193x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	154x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	67x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	50x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	31x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 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: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $307

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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