Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.53% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	52.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte H170-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170307
Uptime	12.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '17 at 07:08
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 238 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 654 66% 538 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R5 200 6,989 User benchmarks, average bench 2% MSI(1462 212C) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	1.53% Terrible	Lighting 2.03 Reflection 2.04 Parallax 2 2% 2.02 fps	MRender 1.52 Gravity 1.57 Splatting 1.57 1% 1.55 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.53% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$84 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 288GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 596 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (A5) Unknown 100 100 7012435 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 29 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 393 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 66 283469414432 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 98784247831 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 481 (EA) Unknown 100 100 915 (F1) Unknown 253 253 796 (F2) Unknown 253 253 671 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	52.7% Above average	Read 463 Write 256 Mixed 290 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 35.6 4K Mixed 9.92 60% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 14.9 DQ Write 35.4 DQ Mixed 7.32 11% 19.2 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 107%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 146 137 11683 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1538 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17610 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 59 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1519 (C2) HDA temperature 117 92 35 (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	80.8% Excellent	Read 154 Write 127 Mixed 127 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.22 96% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 100%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 443GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 150 141 11458 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 757 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5818 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 26 (10) Unknown 4 196 80550201415 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 745 (C2) HDA temperature 117 102 35 (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	60.1% Good	Read 104 Write 105 Mixed 105 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.25 95% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB 16,624 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.4 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 22.4 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 89%

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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	204x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	158x
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 $109Bench 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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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $526

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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