Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	11% 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	88.4% 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '16 at 21:15
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 107 2-Core 213 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 426 56% 422 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 555 717 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Nvidia(10DE 0958) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5382 Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	11% Very poor	Lighting 13.8 Reflection 16.7 Parallax 12 11% 14.2 fps	MRender 8.62 Gravity 14.1 Splatting 14.5 10% 12.4 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 29 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 587 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 319 (B1) Unknown 97 97 34 (B3) Unknown 98 98 29 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 98 98 29 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 4 (BE) vendor-specific 66 40 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 199 199 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 164 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8576184998	88.4% Excellent	Read 479 Write 335 Mixed 339 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 74 4K Mixed 22.1 122% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 63.5 109% 216 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 880GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 75 75 8410 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1360 (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 99 99 3758 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1083 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 74 74 26 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 54 370409494 (C2) HDA temperature 76 53 403963928 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 374635 (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 98 767 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	47% Average	Read 76.1 Write 87.6 Mixed 72.8 59% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.31 79% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 1x8GB 1,100 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	42.7% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 12.7 40% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 13.8 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 43%

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Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	206x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	161x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	86x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	72x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	69x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	50x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	33x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	15x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $130Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	15x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	35x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	33x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	20x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $526

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16