Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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. 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 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.6% 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	24.6% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '19 at 03:33
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 205 72% 128 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 344 47% 350 Pts	64-Core 327 20% 327 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Nvidia(10DE 1B82) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 128 Parallax 111 103% 122 fps	MRender 93.7 Gravity 123 Splatting 102 87% 106 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 204 39 69 87 24 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	24.6% Poor	Read 164 Write 95 Mixed 83.2 SusWrite 99.7 25% 111 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 12.8 4K Mixed 8.7 37% 11.4 MB/s	DQ Read 15 DQ Write 15.3 DQ Mixed 13.4 10% 14.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 129GB free Firmware: JC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 39 40 40 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Read 10.3 Write 33.5 Mixed 16 SusWrite 39.9 18% 24.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.4 87% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 78.BAGQZ.AZC0B 0215 CMK8GX4M2A2133C13 0112 78.BAGQZ.AZC0B 0215 CMK8GX4M2A2133C13 16GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	67.3% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 22.8 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 19.7 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns

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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	174x

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 $95Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16