Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.8% 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	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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151016
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '17 at 12:26
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 231 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 666 66% 538 Pts	64-Core 636 39% 636 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 153 Parallax 129 124% 145 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 144 Splatting 112 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10991 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1184 (B1) Unknown 94 94 67 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 50 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 126 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24812228264	94.8% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 350 Mixed 330 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 71.5 4K Mixed 25.9 136% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 82.6 120% 227 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 118%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 155 148 11241 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2022 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3741 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 445 (10) Unknown 3 197 63308213151 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2009 (C2) HDA temperature 125 107 27 (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	97.2% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 168 Mixed 162 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 3.06 4K Mixed 0.32 123% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 151GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 94 166570832 (03) Spinup time 92 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3202 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 55 51 502555230201 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13195 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1447 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 299 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475164170 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 70 47 521273374 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 145 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 53645 (C2) HDA temperature 30 53 30064771102 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 48 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 48 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 138834817852623 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12839269919 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15325704519	59.5% Above average	Read 80.5 Write 125 Mixed 77.5 70% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 0.38 203% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 113%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 56GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 169 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8379 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18465 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2321 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 87 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8291 (C2) HDA temperature 113 95 30 (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	80.6% Excellent	Read 141 Write 140 Mixed 136 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.28 111% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 52GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 168 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5578 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9543 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1404 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 54 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5523 (C2) HDA temperature 112 93 31 (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	60.7% Good	Read 103 Write 108 Mixed 101 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.26 94% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 108%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 6GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 36.1 Write 34.8 Mixed 35.5 46% 35.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.27 66% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.9% Below average	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 11.2 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 12.4 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 88%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	204x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	159x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	86x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	71x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	66x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	49x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	33x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	15x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $55Bench 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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Total price: $526

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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