Gigabyte GA-H170N-WIFI

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	97.6% 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	74.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170N-WIFI (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160314
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '17 at 03:10
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$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 below expectations (19^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Memory 70 1-Core 98 2-Core 176 66% 115 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 331 38% 293 Pts	64-Core 336 21% 336 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Lighting 105 Reflection 113 Parallax 97.6 86% 105 fps	MRender 199 Gravity 166 Splatting 98 120% 154 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1710 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 916 (B1) Unknown 96 96 20 (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 59 41 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10182690629	74.7% Very good	Read 480 Write 267 Mixed 270 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 52.6 4K Mixed 15 99% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 16.5 72% 165 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 115025048 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 907 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 535857 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1496 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 907 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 57 505085982 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5864 (C2) HDA temperature 30 43 51539607582 (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 -71137543322618 (F1) Unknown 100 253 182622641 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8699879146	106% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 170 Mixed 175 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.22 88% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19.2 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 17.8 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 90%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170N-WIFI - $120

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	112x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	66x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	37x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	42x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	38x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	37x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
NVME SSD 128GBNetacBench 131%, 627 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	17x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	15x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $445

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