Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.9% 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	123% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '19 at 01:35
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 228 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 458 61% 457 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8554) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	Lighting 36 Reflection 34.9 Parallax 31.6 29% 34.2 fps	MRender 37.2 Gravity 32.6 Splatting 33.2 28% 34.3 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 437GB free Firmware: O1230C SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 348 92 93 93 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 441 Mixed 346 SusWrite 157 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 44.3 152% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 253 208% 297 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 95%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 281 310 87 125 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 867 Write 402 Mixed 595 SusWrite 207 115% 518 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 50.4 188% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 555 DQ Mixed 323 271% 384 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 157%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 205 206 206 205 206 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 92.5 Write 171 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 200 89% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 368% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 110%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 13GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 22 20 22 20 19 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	28.7% Poor	Read 131 Write 21.7 Mixed 37 SusWrite 20.3 53% 52.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 2.9 164% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB 4,782 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 24.4 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 21.8 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 96%

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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 $95Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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