Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	218% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	23.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161107
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '20 at 00:55
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 75.5 1-Core 93.1 2-Core 165 65% 111 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 474 51% 403 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.87 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 128 314% 128 fps
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 366GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1114 1273 791 815 835 839 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1,550 Write 1,594 Mixed 1,267 SusWrite 944 301% 1,339 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 59.9 200% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 900 DQ Write 723 DQ Mixed 781 593% 801 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 355%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 223GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 176 100 91 89 87 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 387 Write 366 Mixed 309 SusWrite 139 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 29.1 107% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 134 144% 241 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 582GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 158 152 158 158 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 169 Mixed 94.7 SusWrite 156 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GB 7,088 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	65% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 21.1 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 16.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 89.4 45% 89.4 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 103%

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

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Typical GA-H170-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 1,254 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $81Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16