Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.5% 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	57.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '20 at 01:12
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 203 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 612 58% 479 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Gigabyte(1458 404C) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (142 fps cap detected)	99.5% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 142 Parallax 142 116% 142 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 142 Splatting 0.2 68% 95.1 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD220 240GB-$38 12,548 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 55 42 39 84 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 395 Write 44.1 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 53.5 28% 131 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 31.6 4K Mixed 37.7 88% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 84.8 DQ Mixed 51.5 78% 153 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 93%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 478GB 2,073 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 75GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 111 4.6 197 54 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 445 Write 340 Mixed 21.4 SusWrite 114 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 10.5 4K Mixed 0.9 52% 13.7 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 14.7 DQ Mixed 0 35% 92.1 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 890GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 153 175 169 193 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 164 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 173 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 728GB free Firmware: 1H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 97 116 111 124 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 123 Write 109 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 112 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FAD 4x8GB 994 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.1% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.8 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 21.6 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 81.3 49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 121%

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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