Gigabyte GA-H270-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.6% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H270-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170221
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '17 at 19:15
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Memory 69 1-Core 106 2-Core 224 72% 133 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 407 53% 398 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85A4) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 76.3 Reflection 75.2 Parallax 65.5 62% 72.3 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 68.5 Splatting 67.7 57% 69.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFD00.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 51 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 110 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 95 95 81 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131075 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 194	84.6% Excellent	Read 506 Write 349 Mixed 452 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 87.4 4K Mixed 9.86 104% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 16.4 93% 213 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 83%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 253GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 174 2066 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 94 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 51 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 89 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 69 454557723 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 92 (C2) HDA temperature 116 112 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	84% Excellent	Read 139 Write 154 Mixed 157 114% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.06 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.07 17% 0.16 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 109%
Patriot Memory 64GB 1,048 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 6GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	9% Terrible	Read 40.4 Write 14 Mixed 9.86 22% 21.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.003 2% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 1x8GB 7,164 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 10.1 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 9.9 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 104 39% 104 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 45%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H270-Gaming 3

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	349x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	202x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	199x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	197x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	152x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	131x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	57x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	33x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	31x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	60x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	25x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $383

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