Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.9% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '17 at 16:02
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (53^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 104 2-Core 212 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 418 55% 415 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 120 Parallax 103 94% 113 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 97 Splatting 100 81% 98.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 354GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^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 4066 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 337 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 40 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 53 37 270584184879 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2154773801 (F7) Unknown 100 100 67370402 (F8) Unknown 100 100 26640488 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1958 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	76.9% Very good	Read 475 Write 329 Mixed 333 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 23.8 100% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 82.8 DQ Mixed 42.1 65% 128 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 98%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 241GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9234 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1065 (B1) Unknown 98 98 33 (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 61 51 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 35 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33856548931	95.9% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 392 Mixed 299 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 38.9 143% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 91.3 DQ Mixed 68.6 79% 140 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 355GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 222742120 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5477 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16585599 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15226 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1986 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 62 605552675 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 34922 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 73014444067 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -30756260799110 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10006569042 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11873907927	94.1% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 132 Mixed 31.8 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.2 82% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 112%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB 883 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2.5TB free, PID ab38 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 137 Write 139 Mixed 87.4 152% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.18 62% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G4D240FSB.8FARG 859B BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD 859B BLS4G4D240FSB.8FARG 859B BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.3% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 25.2 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 21.7 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 94%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	307x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	248x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	174x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	191x
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 $90Bench 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 $31Bench 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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Total price: $314

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16