Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.2% 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	114% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '18 at 21:27
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$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 above expectations (98^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 207 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 334 49% 360 Pts	64-Core 392 24% 392 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.3% 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 (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 99.6 Reflection 111 Parallax 94.2 81% 101 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 92.9 Splatting 96.9 78% 95.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 372 260 188 319 344 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 444 Mixed 398 SusWrite 316 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 58.1 196% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$32 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 811GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 174 171 173 176 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 152 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 173 94% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 134% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% 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 below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.7% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.4 66% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 20.8 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.7% 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%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	311x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	251x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	175x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	193x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	155x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	67x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	50x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 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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Total price: $307

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