Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 65.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	97.8% 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	69.1% 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 months ago, 8 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150728
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '23 at 07:19
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Memory 76 1-Core 103 2-Core 201 71% 127 Pts	4-Core 303 8-Core 416 45% 359 Pts	64-Core 508 31% 508 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$250 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 1522) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 531.79 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.8% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 115 Parallax 118 103% 120 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 104 Splatting 89.6 87% 109 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Vaseky V800/120GB 120GB 69 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0901A SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 123 100 54 60 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 430 Write 178 Mixed 138 SusWrite 81.5 45% 207 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 44.5 4K Mixed 41.3 118% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 143 123% 186 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 95%
Samsung MZ7LN256HCHP-000L7 256GB 7,649 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 46GB free Firmware: EMT03L6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 278 269 175 129 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 291 Mixed 231 SusWrite 207 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 39.3 148% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 243 208% 306 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB 16,624 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.7 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 19.8 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 88.2 45% 88.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 89%

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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: 0P 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	57	29	144	27"	1280 720	ACR0596 Acer KG271 A

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 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 $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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