Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	98.3% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 17 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	41.7 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '22 at 02:18
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 82.4 2-Core 161 64% 108 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 408 50% 384 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.5% Below average	Lighting 39 Reflection 40.6 Parallax 40.8 32% 40.1 fps	MRender 33.2 Gravity 37 Splatting 32.7 28% 34.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 281 291 249 208 203 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Read 416 Write 391 Mixed 363 SusWrite 268 81% 359 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 51 156% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 348 264% 355 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 901GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 153 154 154 155 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 157 Write 141 Mixed 92.8 SusWrite 153 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 109%
USB Flash Disk 4GB 86 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 3GB free, PID 800b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 6.1 6 6.1 6 6 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	6.78% Terrible	Read 25.5 Write 6 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 6 11% 10.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 28% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.78% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3200C16-16GTZR 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZR 04CD F4-3200C16-16GTZR 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZR 48GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 12.2 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 79.7 50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 109%

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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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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 $178	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