Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.6% 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	111% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160314
Uptime	19.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '20 at 12:09
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 236 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 648 70% 558 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Gigabyte(1458 2308) CLim: 1715 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.5.1 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 90.8 Parallax 158 82% 116 fps	MRender 89.7 Gravity 121 Splatting 130 95% 114 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 353GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 439 440 404 440 463 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 428 Mixed 369 SusWrite 434 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 46.4 166% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 357 268% 357 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 131%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 159GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 444 447 456 453 470 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 431 Mixed 416 SusWrite 448 99% 437 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 44.6 160% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 349 265% 356 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 84GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 104 104 106 105 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 135 Write 110 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 105 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 604GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 147 148 146 146 147 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 139 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 146 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 310GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 127 130 131 128 130 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 126 Write 101 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 128 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 161 166 165 167 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 102 Write 147 Mixed 68 SusWrite 163 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 55% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 26 26 28 27 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 82.5 Write 29.2 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 26.7 31% 42.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 114%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 633GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 25 26 28 27 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 79 Write 32 Mixed 34 SusWrite 26.7 32% 42.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 4x4GB 1,126 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	75.1% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.2 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 22.7 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 101%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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