Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3 DDR3-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3 DDR3-CF (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150723
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '18 at 15:18
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$122 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 78.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 215 74% 133 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 382 54% 397 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61% Good	Lighting 77.7 Reflection 79.3 Parallax 67.7 63% 74.9 fps	MRender 75.8 Gravity 70.2 Splatting 63.3 56% 69.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 466 Write 449 Mixed 303 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 47.3 164% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 300 239% 335 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 196GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 134 133 95 68 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 140 Write 106 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 106 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BA160B.C16 0215 CMV4GX3M1A1600C11 12GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1922, 1922 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.9% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 9.9 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 10.5 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 83.4 48% 83.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 56%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical GA-H170-HD3 DDR3-CF Builds (Compare 115 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 63%

Destroyer

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3 DDR3-CF

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	27x
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	21x
Core i5-6400Intel $71Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	19x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	12x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	11x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	9x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x
CS900 480GBPNY $31Bench 79%, 17,946 samples	4x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	7x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 17,012 samples	4x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	4x

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Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $167

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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