Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.9% 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	84.4% 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	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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '19 at 02:50
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 87.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 242 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 456 61% 458 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Gigabyte(1458 230C) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.11.3 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 88.9 Parallax 148 82% 112 fps	MRender 88 Gravity 107 Splatting 128 91% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate BarraCuda SSD ZA250CM10002 250GB 2,988 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: STAS1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 219 202 283 283 285 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 228 Write 292 Mixed 365 SusWrite 243 64% 282 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 40.9 144% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 214 199% 307 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 104%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 497GB 5,027 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 328GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 449 460 448 442 346 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 428 Mixed 404 SusWrite 428 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 68.2 217% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 25.4 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.2 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 80%

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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