Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. 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 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.4% 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	87.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '17 at 05:40
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$76 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 207 81% 139 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 326 44% 326 Pts	64-Core 326 20% 326 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% EVGA(3842 1561) 1GB CLim: 850 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Lighting 20.2 Reflection 24.2 Parallax 18.4 16% 20.9 fps	MRender 27.7 Gravity 21.2 Splatting 22.2 19% 23.7 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1225G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 710 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 299 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 151 (A3) Unknown 100 100 14 (A4) Unknown 100 100 86681 (A5) Unknown 100 100 119 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 41 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 140 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 847 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 83373 (F2) Unknown 100 100 117391 (F5) Unknown 100 100 173362	87.8% Excellent	Read 514 Write 200 Mixed 290 73% 335 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 39 146% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 63.5 92% 173 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 90%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 356GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 140 3875 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1591 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32516 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 427 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 175 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1415 (C2) HDA temperature 105 96 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 63 63 27090 (F1) Unknown 200 200 33366545805 (F2) Unknown 200 200 37253917596	68.1% Good	Read 119 Write 118 Mixed 120 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.47 112% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 69%
Samsung SP1213C 120GB 679 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 112GB free Firmware: SV100-27 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (03) Spinup time 69 58 5504 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 585 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2043560 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 262 (C2) HDA temperature 103 76 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 241701242 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	32.8% Below average	Read 52.7 Write 61.3 Mixed 53.5 42% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.44 99% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 33%
Samsung SP1213C 120GB 679 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 112GB free Firmware: SV100-27 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2216 (03) Spinup time 69 57 5440 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1069 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 6508257 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 264 (C2) HDA temperature 97 64 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 285685324 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 392 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 1 1 392 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 290	31.1% Below average	Read 51 Write 57 Mixed 50.7 40% 52.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.42 97% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GBF1X04JEEEXX-12-K 2x4GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 22.6 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.2 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 84%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 75%

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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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 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: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $323

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