Gigabyte GA-H170N-WIFI

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.45% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	147% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170N-WIFI (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160314
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '19 at 16:24
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Memory 58 1-Core 25.8 2-Core 77.6 34% 53.8 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 420 42% 343 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.45% Terrible	Lighting 7.07 Reflection 9.19 Parallax 6.91 6% 7.72 fps	MRender 6.24 Gravity 6.37 Splatting 14 8% 8.87 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.45% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$82 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 419GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42B1S6HA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 657 441 460 466 414 464 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 1,512 Write 1,177 Mixed 120 SusWrite 484 182% 823 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 38.9 126% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 455 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 398 297% 396 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 311%
Imation Nano Pro 4GB 132 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 063d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.5 2.2 3.9 4.9 5.3 5 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	4.02% Terrible	Read 15.7 Write 13.1 Mixed 12.3 SusWrite 4.1 14% 11.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 17% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.02% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25 20,263 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 12.3 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 8.1 21% 7.5 GB/s	Latency 134 30% 134 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 48%

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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%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170N-WIFI - $120

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	112x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	66x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	37x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	42x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	38x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	37x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
NVME SSD 128GBNetacBench 131%, 627 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	17x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	15x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $445

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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