Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 173% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 148% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	238% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	227% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte H170-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '23 at 16:08
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 213 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 331 8-Core 610 56% 471 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti-$651 46,082 User benchmarks, average bench 240% Gigabyte(1458 40C6) CLim: 3135 MHz, MLim: 5250 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	238% Outstanding	Lighting 343 Reflection 341 Parallax 368 280% 351 fps	MRender 478 Gravity 297 Splatting 213 256% 329 fps
Poor: 208% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 256%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 867 833 882 861 834 826 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 2,205 Write 1,722 Mixed 1,467 SusWrite 851 348% 1,561 MB/s	4K Read 50.3 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 60.2 196% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 728 DQ Write 452 DQ Mixed 626 457% 602 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 355%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 491GB free Firmware: 005C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1276 1237 1345 1302 1244 528 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1,466 Write 1,426 Mixed 1,008 SusWrite 1,155 284% 1,264 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 56.8 191% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 580 DQ Write 507 DQ Mixed 466 370% 517 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 255%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 81GB free Firmware: 2AR20002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 81 85 90 96 95 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 70 Write 56.4 Mixed 44 SusWrite 89.8 48% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	67% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.9 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 21.2 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 99%

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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	71	59	60	54.6"	1280 720	TCL6586 TCL SMART TV

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Gaming 40%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	204x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	159x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	86x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	71x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	66x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	49x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	33x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	15x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $42Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	15x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	35x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	33x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	20x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $526

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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