Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). 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	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '21 at 23:51
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 266 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 688 72% 577 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Asus(1043 87BC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3642 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (142 fps cap detected)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 142 Parallax 142 116% 142 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 142 Splatting 137 114% 140 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 162 131 147 165 161 MB/s Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	68.9% Good	Read 276 Write 254 Mixed 243 SusWrite 148 52% 230 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 38.6 124% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 205 159% 215 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 84%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 99GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 160 74 73 89 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 413 Write 103 Mixed 330 SusWrite 142 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 26.6 124% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 166 162% 253 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 100%
WDS500G3XHC-00SJG0 500GB 11,656 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 376GB free Firmware: 102000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1144 829 835 841 822 842 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 1,794 Write 1,523 Mixed 1,461 SusWrite 886 317% 1,416 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 62.9 238% 92.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1211 DQ Write 806 DQ Mixed 981 739% 999 MB/s
Poor: 184% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 288%

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 as expected (59^th percentile)	69.8% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 20.7 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 21.5 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 80%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $179	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