Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (7th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 93 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	43.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '18 at 17:13
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	69%

PC Performing way below expectations (7^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 (8^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Memory 66 1-Core 67.2 2-Core 97.4 48% 76.9 Pts	4-Core 185 8-Core 198 25% 192 Pts	64-Core 198 12% 198 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 65 56 56 63 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 353 Write 344 Mixed 260 SusWrite 84.9 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 11.5 4K Write 22 4K Mixed 13 46% 15.5 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 95.1 111% 189 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 30GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 98 98 120 132 122 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 84 Write 85.6 Mixed 73 SusWrite 119 67% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	48.2% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 16.3 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 8.5 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 80%

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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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Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 35%

Sail boat

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 $42Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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