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 as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	66.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '16 at 14:01
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 79.7 1-Core 104 2-Core 219 75% 134 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 392 51% 385 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 11D7) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 84.8 Reflection 83.8 Parallax 80.2 69% 82.9 fps	Gravity 77.9 Splatting 80.6 70% 79.2 fps
Poor: 51% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 23 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 198 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 76 (64) Unknown 100 100 325408 (65) Unknown 100 100 93184 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 22 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 97 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1377 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 23 100 128850001943 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 23 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 23 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 585 (EA) Unknown 100 100 298 (F1) Unknown 100 100 514 (F2) Unknown 100 100 440 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 23	66.3% Good	Read 466 Write 252 Mixed 128 62% 282 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 12.3 79% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 22 67% 148 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 501GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 169 2375 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 105 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 177 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 91 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 331 (C2) HDA temperature 116 110 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	78.2% Very good	Read 139 Write 134 Mixed 130 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.06 4K Write 0.65 4K Mixed 0.07 22% 0.26 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 109%
ASMT 2105 2TB 340 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1.5TB free, PID 5136 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 184 Write 189 Mixed 124 208% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.22 39% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-065.A00G 2x16GB 428 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.1% Very good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.8 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 19.8 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 81.2 49% 81.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 78%

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Gaming 40%

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Desktop 79%

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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 $273	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 $186	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