Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	262% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '19 at 17:08
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 223 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 422 55% 413 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 3765) 2GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Lighting 33.4 Reflection 25 Parallax 34.6 27% 31 fps	MRender 37.5 Gravity 31.6 Splatting 31.7 27% 33.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 256GB 12,312 User benchmarks, average bench 215% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0906I SusWrite @10s intervals: 863 753 834 553 255 254 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 2,389 Write 910 Mixed 1,023 SusWrite 585 270% 1,227 MB/s	4K Read 64.3 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 86.1 298% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 827 DQ Write 906 DQ Mixed 473 465% 735 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 277%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 695GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 206 207 209 207 209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 162 Mixed 88.5 SusWrite 207 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 384GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 183 185 187 185 182 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 135 Write 130 Mixed 68.1 SusWrite 183 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 112%
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 16,094 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 840GB free Firmware: ES22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 128 142 131 137 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 169 Write 163 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 133 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 21,822 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 21.9 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 23.1 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 83%

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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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	31x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 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: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $323

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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