Gigabyte GA-H270-HD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.31% 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	133% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Gigabyte H270-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H270-HD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '17 at 10:41
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 117 2-Core 231 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 467 62% 465 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4550 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.31% Terrible	Lighting 7.67 Reflection 11 Parallax 7.5 6% 8.74 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 6.63 Splatting 15.8 9% 10.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.31% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 354GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 932 Write 903 Mixed 944 207% 926 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 13.9 83% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 408 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 9.83 108% 256 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 182%
WD WD5002AALX-00J37A0 500GB 10,663 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 156GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 136 3808 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 621 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4358 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 599 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 266 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 354 (C2) HDA temperature 105 73 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	53% Above average	Read 96.8 Write 87.7 Mixed 87.4 68% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.4 106% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 72%
WD RE4 250GB (2010)-$33 1,397 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 13GB free Firmware: 01.01S01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 8 (03) Spinup time 148 139 3583 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3793 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 40000 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1473 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1341 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2451 (C2) HDA temperature 103 97 40 (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	46.3% Average	Read 80.3 Write 80.3 Mixed 79.7 60% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.44 133% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 79%
WD 1600BEV External 160GB 269 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 81GB free, PID 0702 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 33.9 Write 38.7 Mixed 8.07 32% 26.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.31 69% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 25.4 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 23.1 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 95%

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Gaming 47%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H270-HD3-CF

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	267x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	170x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	138x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	138x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	98x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	92x

SSD
MX300 275GBCrucial $100Bench 79%, 67,541 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	37x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	20x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	29x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	28x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	27x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $424

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