Gigabyte GA-H270-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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. 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 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	66.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.6% 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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H270-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '17 at 18:43
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$70 79,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 212 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 329 43% 325 Pts	64-Core 330 20% 330 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2302 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Lighting 84.5 Reflection 81.6 Parallax 71.8 69% 79.3 fps	MRender 80 Gravity 75.1 Splatting 76.7 63% 77.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 70GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 159 100 159 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 38 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12888965163 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 41 176095166489 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 85900656660 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 467 (EA) Unknown 100 100 526 (F1) Unknown 253 253 495 (F2) Unknown 253 253 282 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	74.5% Very good	Read 506 Write 172 Mixed 214 65% 298 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 16.2 112% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 49.3 94% 190 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 108%
Sandisk Ultra II 250GB 595 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1678 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 400 (A5) Unknown 100 100 223432869177 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 35 (A9) Unknown 100 100 210 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 65 279174316059 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3650756674386 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3749 (EA) Unknown 100 100 9743 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7683 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6786 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	83.6% Excellent	Read 490 Write 341 Mixed 344 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 70.8 4K Mixed 30.4 120% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 40.9 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 18.8 52% 105 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 102%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 701GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 175 4191 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 358 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1347 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 290 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18667 (C2) HDA temperature 119 104 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	66.6% Good	Read 113 Write 119 Mixed 119 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.26 91% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 84%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 124GB 7,722 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 27GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34% Below average	Read 138 Write 39.3 Mixed 51.4 79% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.02 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.56 84% 2.01 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 37%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 16GB-$8 10,486 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 8GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 130 Write 38.9 Mixed 48.6 76% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.96 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.95 103% 2.78 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x4GB-$30 11,890 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 23.8 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 24.1 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 90%

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Gaming 48%

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Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H270-Gaming 3

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	349x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	202x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	199x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	197x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	152x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	131x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	57x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	33x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	31x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	60x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	25x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $383

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 $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