The GIGABYTE H370N WiFi Review: Mini-ITX with HDMI 2.0 and 802.11ac Wave 2
by Joe Shields on June 21, 2018 9:01 AM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
- Intel
- Gigabyte
- Mini ITX
- Core 8th Gen
- Coffee Lake
- H370
Gaming Performance
Ashes of the Singularity
Ashes of the Singularity is a Real Time Strategy game developed by Oxide Games and Stardock Entertainment. The original AoTS was released back in March of 2016 while the standalone expansion pack, Escalation, was released in November of 2016 adding more structures, maps, and units. We use this specific benchmark as it relies on both a good GPU as well as on the CPU in order to get the most frames per second. This balance is able to better display any system differences in gaming as opposed to a more GPU heavy title where the CPU and system don't matter quite as much. We use the default "Crazy" in-game settings using the DX11 rendering path in both 1080p and 4K UHD resolutions. The benchmark is run four times and the results averaged then plugged into the graph.
For the AOTSe results, in 1080p the GIGABYTE board ran with an average of 42.7 FPS which was at the bottom of a pretty tight group, a couple percent behind the Apex leading the pack. 4K UHD results placed the board right in the middle of the pack. Nothing is out of place here.
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Rise of the Tomb Raider is a third-person action-adventure game that features similar gameplay found in 2013's Tomb Raider. Players control Lara Croft through various environments, battling enemies, and completing puzzle platforming sections, while using improvised weapons and gadgets in order to progress through the story.
One of the unique aspects of this benchmark is that it’s actually the average of 3 sub-benchmarks that fly through different environments, which keeps the benchmark from being too weighted towards a GPU’s performance characteristics under any one scene.
Rise of the Tomb Raider results for the have the GIGABYTE H370N coming in a bit slower than the rest of the results at 86.7. This is a few FPS behind the group. Moving up to the 4K UHD resolution where subsystems outside of the video card hold less weight, the system pulls right back up to the group within 1 FPS of the pack.
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Incolumis - Thursday, June 21, 2018 - link
Why can't manufacturers completely switch to USB Type C, and discard all the old and bulky USB connections? I will not buy a new mobo and case until this happens. To me USB Type C is the dream-connector, i'd use it for video, networking, and peripherals.keebs63 - Thursday, June 21, 2018 - link
because very few products actually use USB C connectors.... I want a PC, not a Macbook, I'm not going to use a freaking dongle for my mouse, keyboard, and external HDDs.Incolumis - Thursday, June 21, 2018 - link
And if the mobo included 4 USB Type C ports? and the case 2?Galcobar - Thursday, June 21, 2018 - link
For most people that would be four or five Type C ports too many, given the dearth of devices which use the connector. It's not as if Type C conveys any capabilities the other connector formats do not, other than being orientation-neutral.LauRoman - Thursday, June 21, 2018 - link
if all/most would be tb3 also, then maybe, but when is that gonna happen considering the limited pcie lanes, and the fact that in lot of cases even m.2 slots share the connection with a sata port or two.Even if bandwith becomes available, do you really trust usbc to hold someting like a usb stick or a wireless dongle and stuff?
dromoxen - Saturday, June 23, 2018 - link
Tb3 conveys a significan charge , I choose between two mobos almost exactly the same (minus some bling) one with TB3 +£40 .. way too much premium on a midpriced mobo.close - Tuesday, June 26, 2018 - link
@Incolumis: Thinking before commenting is both easier and cheaper but you still didn't. Now imagine removing all USB Type A ports ;).They won't switch any time soon because motherboard manufacturers and basically every single other person in the world literally don't care what you [one customer] want. They are designing a product that will appeal a wider market. And most people do not have ANY Type C to Type C cables.
But you want someone to market a mother board that gives you what you want AND removes what other people want. So hold in there, I'm sure in 5 years you'll be able to but a new motherboard.
MadAd - Saturday, June 23, 2018 - link
which is exactly why we are in the mess we are, nobody has it so nobody wants it so nobody has it because nobody...So how do you propose we move on? Peripherals tend to be multi generational devices (for me at least) so the mobos will have to change first, hopefully sooner rather than later.
The more holes for C devices there are the more people will adopt them, and yes to bridge the multi generation thing we will use dongles, or a hub, (USB hubs are quite inexpensive for your legacy pre-C devices) to get from here to there.
Stop being a luddite, its the progress we need.
EnzoFX - Monday, June 25, 2018 - link
We need COURAGE.-just thought it was an easy joke to make. Kind of indifferent myself.
EnzoFX - Monday, June 25, 2018 - link
Actually, maybe someone like Asus can pull this off. They make the boards, don't they make peripherals now too? And now cases? They can easily push the high end by offering everything in USB-C for those nice premiums. Then it can trickle down and other manufacturers will have to catch up.