Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '18 at 20:47
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 214 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 421 57% 423 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C304) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2227 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 146 Parallax 125 114% 137 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 136 Splatting 110 96% 118 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: X211200 SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 350 308 363 296 325 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 436 Write 304 Mixed 162 SusWrite 326 68% 307 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 30 115% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 117 122% 204 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 99%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 255GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 90 88 90 89 88 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 115 Write 70.5 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 88.8 63% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 204GB free Firmware: CC71 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 113 115 115 115 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 112 Write 112 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 114 73% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 4x8GB 3,364 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 26.1 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 22.6 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 96%

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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 $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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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: $314

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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