Biostar H170GT3

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	28.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Biostar H170GT3 (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161124
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '21 at 12:25
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 86.1 1-Core 84.9 2-Core 153 65% 108 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 596 62% 498 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$200 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Asus(1043 86BD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.6% Good	Lighting 91.6 Reflection 90.1 Parallax 78.6 75% 86.8 fps	MRender 66.1 Gravity 80.2 Splatting 72.4 60% 72.9 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston SA400M8120G 120GB 7,130 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 23 9.7 7.2 13 4.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	28.7% Poor	Read 342 Write 41.7 Mixed 134 SusWrite 22 29% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 26.1 36% 10.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 87%
Asmedia ASMT1153e 2TB 270 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 941GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 122 124 125 125 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 146 Write 19.5 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 124 63% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 105% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 103%
Seagate ST6000VX0011-1T317Z 6TB 1,843 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: CV11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 114 108 112 115 112 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 24.2 Mixed 80 SusWrite 112 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 367% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 106%
WD WD20EURX 2TB-$40 12,609 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 372GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 93 94 95 95 95 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 130 Write 25.8 Mixed 45.5 SusWrite 93.7 54% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 86%
Asmedia ASMT1153e 2TB 270 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 650GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 18 18 19 20 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 131 Write 18.3 Mixed 41.2 SusWrite 22.6 39% 53.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 109% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 103%
Generic External 2TB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2TB free, PID 0840 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.8 8.7 8.6 8.9 8.9 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	9.91% Terrible	Read 34.3 Write 8 Mixed 17.3 SusWrite 11.6 20% 17.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 52% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 9.91% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D26BFSEK.8FD 859B BLS8G4D32AESBK.M8FE1 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2667, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.8% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 22.3 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 18.5 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 80%

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Typical H170GT3 Builds (Compare 15 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 66%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 56%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Biostar H170GT3

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	3x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	3x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2x
R9 380XAMD $120Bench 38%, 20,573 samples	1x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	2x
Agility 3 240GBOCZ $199Bench 52%, 10,165 samples	1x
120MG100-A1 120GBGamerBench 89%, 336 samples	1x

RAM
BLS8G4D26BFSEK.8FD 859B BLS8G4D32AESBK.M8FE1 16GBUnknownBench 76%, 8 samples	2x
Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBHyperX $299Bench 79%, 20,912 samples	1x
HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GBKingstonBench 76%, 38,955 samples	1x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $343

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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