Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	102% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	22.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160314
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '19 at 08:39
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 83.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 227 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 439 60% 443 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% MSI(1462 3411) CLim: 1242 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.9.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Lighting 64.7 Reflection 65.4 Parallax 87.2 53% 72.4 fps	MRender 63.2 Gravity 58.2 Splatting 52.2 47% 57.8 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 47%
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Sapphire(174B E241) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.9.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Lighting 37.5 Reflection 33.9 Parallax 45.3 31% 38.9 fps	MRender 29.3 Gravity 31.2 Splatting 38.7 28% 33.1 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0C SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 449 440 449 288 291 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 414 Write 451 Mixed 359 SusWrite 394 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 39.7 152% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 340 254% 338 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 173GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 101 104 101 104 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 112 Write 48.3 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 104 64% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 184 183 184 184 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 165 Mixed 85 SusWrite 183 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C15-8GVS 0420 F4-2400C15-8GVS 1302 2400 C16 Series 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.4% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 18 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 13.8 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 54%

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

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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	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 $76Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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