Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 36.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	50.5% 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	50.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	12 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '20 at 20:45
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 1.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	36.4% Below average	Memory 45.3 1-Core 22.8 2-Core 39.6 25% 35.9 Pts	4-Core 149 8-Core 338 28% 244 Pts	64-Core 543 34% 543 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3161) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.5% Above average	Lighting 62 Reflection 57.2 Parallax 60.6 51% 60 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 53.2 50% 62.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 61 68 52 51 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 417 Write 390 Mixed 323 SusWrite 74.8 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 29.1 4K Mixed 16 65% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 142 125% 190 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 91%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 72GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 56 55 53 55 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 58.6 Write 54.8 Mixed 38.4 SusWrite 55 38% 51.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 49%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 737GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 90 93 92 92 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 97.1 Write 90.4 Mixed 60.1 SusWrite 91.6 62% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 87%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 110 109 108 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 89.7 Write 98.2 Mixed 69.6 SusWrite 109 126% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 0.7 218% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 59%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 124 121 123 123 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 124 Write 131 Mixed 96.3 SusWrite 122 161% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1.3 214% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 04CD F4-2133C15-4GVR 029E CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 04CD F4-2133C15-4GVR 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55.4% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 23 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 8.2 23% 8 GB/s	Latency 179 22% 179 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 99%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $67Bench 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 i5-13600K $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 $40	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