Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.26% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	70% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20160314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '21 at 17:31
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 86.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 237 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 661 66% 536 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.26% Terrible	Lighting 6.8 Reflection 6.5 Parallax 8 6% 7.1 fps	MRender 9.1 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 11.1 8% 9.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.26% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 198 72 66 81 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	70% Very good	Read 399 Write 94.2 Mixed 298 SusWrite 142 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 20.3 119% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 157 141% 212 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 95%
Kingston SA400M8240G 240GB 27,523 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 160GB free Firmware: SBFK62B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 262 152 136 138 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 446 Write 305 Mixed 296 SusWrite 187 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 18.4 4K Mixed 20.7 85% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 19 DQ Mixed 33.3 41% 76.2 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 246GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 173 174 172 173 174 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 141 Write 119 Mixed 76.9 SusWrite 173 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFS824A.C8FE 1315 BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.4% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 19.4 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 21.5 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 70%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	21.5"	1280 720	DELD055 DELL S2240M

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	308x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	248x
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $75Bench 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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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