Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37% 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	51.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151102
Uptime	13 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '21 at 19:16
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing as expected (59^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-$128 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 79.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 429 58% 434 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2968) 2GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37% Below average	Lighting 48 Reflection 49.1 Parallax 48.7 39% 48.6 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 44.2 Splatting 38.3 33% 40.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PN CS1211 480GB SSD 14 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 189 122 80 51 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 387 Write 202 Mixed 274 SusWrite 125 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 10.9 4K Mixed 15.9 61% 16.6 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 198 156% 219 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 103%
PN CS1311 480GB SSD 37 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 133GB free Firmware: CS13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 404 184 175 173 171 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 420 Write 391 Mixed 319 SusWrite 237 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 33.5 117% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 196 190% 300 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB-$29 19,452 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.6% Good	MC Read 26 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 22 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 20.1 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 82.3 49% 82.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 1,256 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	307x
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	191x
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 $90Bench 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 $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 $209	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $129	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16