Gigabyte GA-H270-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H270-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171108
Uptime	21.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '19 at 10:32
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (93^rd percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 99.5 2-Core 203 72% 128 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 360 49% 366 Pts	64-Core 373 23% 373 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 112 Parallax 95.3 89% 105 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 99 Splatting 99.7 81% 98.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 88%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 444 Write 340 Mixed 320 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 74.1 4K Mixed 18.5 105% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 112 125% 212 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 82%
Patriot Blaze 120GB-$30 2,058 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 18GB free Firmware: S9FM02.0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 374 Write 81.5 Mixed 110 41% 189 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 57.1 4K Mixed 15.4 91% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 64.6 DQ Mixed 13.1 36% 80.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% Great: 66%
WD WD20EARX-32PASB0 500GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 456 Write 444 Mixed 375 319% 425 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 56.2 9,863% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 3,319% 363 MB/s
Poor: 42% Great: 76%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$55 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 77 Write 84 Mixed 86.8 62% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.6% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 20.8 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 19.5 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 88%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H270-Gaming 3

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	354x
Core i5-7500Intel $62Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	208x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	199x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	154x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	133x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	58x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	33x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 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	40x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	26x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $383

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16