Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	84.5% 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	106% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 11 '21 at 22:31
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 198 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 377 37% 302 Pts	64-Core 279 17% 279 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 164 Parallax 102 87% 124 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 101 Splatting 97.1 80% 97.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 373 304 136 93 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 438 Write 233 Mixed 376 SusWrite 210 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 57.6 191% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 134%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 61GB free Firmware: D6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 183 99 88 89 91 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 400 Write 400 Mixed 321 SusWrite 139 71% 315 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 38.7 146% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 183 169% 262 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 178 178 179 179 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 150 Mixed 88.6 SusWrite 177 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 21.8 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 19 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 90%

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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 1,252 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	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 $94Bench 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 $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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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