Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.7% 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	109% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '21 at 13:14
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 236 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 656 67% 541 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Asus(1043 3003) 3GB CLim: 1090 MHz, MLim: 1505 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Lighting 52.4 Reflection 36 Parallax 67.2 43% 51.9 fps	MRender 35 Gravity 54.9 Splatting 27.6 31% 39.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 246 249 245 244 242 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 416 Mixed 370 SusWrite 266 85% 377 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 55.2 187% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 356 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
Fujitsu SSD256GB 256GB 145 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 90GB free Firmware: 5.2.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 193 188 182 191 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 311 Write 240 Mixed 247 SusWrite 186 55% 246 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 36.9 143% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 205 164% 230 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 89%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 304GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 131 131 132 131 132 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 74 Write 110 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 131 63% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 108%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 112GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 101 102 101 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 77.3 Write 72.7 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 100 56% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 60%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 248GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 66 66 66 66 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 89.5 Write 89.8 Mixed 82.7 SusWrite 65.6 61% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 21.3 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 20.4 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.3% 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