Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.18% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	86.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte H170-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '20 at 12:39
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 86 1-Core 90.9 2-Core 232 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 436 54% 415 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7263 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.18% Terrible	Lighting 7.43 Reflection 68.1 Parallax 7.59 6% 27.7 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 15 9% 11 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.18% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3G37R5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 134 112 111 63 62 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 482 Write 388 Mixed 354 SusWrite 135 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 41.7 150% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 180 163% 248 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 65GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 171 166 178 181 178 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 65 Write 77.5 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 174 71% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 105% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 106%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: 1AQ10003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 114 118 121 122 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 117 Write 30.7 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 113 58% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 72%
I-O DATA HDCL-UT 3TB 148 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 329GB free, PID 014a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 100 100 100 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 109 Write 107 Mixed 89 SusWrite 99.7 137% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 109% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A2 859B CT4G4DFS8213.8FA11 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A1 859B CT4G4DFS8213.8FA11 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 24.5 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 22.2 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 78%

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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 $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	207x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	161x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	87x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	73x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	69x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	51x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	34x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	15x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $130Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	15x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	36x
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: 64% - Good

Total price: $515

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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