Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	49.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.8% 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 (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '17 at 03:51
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	74%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 above expectations (81^st percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 76.8 1-Core 100 2-Core 173 68% 117 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 364 48% 359 Pts	64-Core 337 21% 337 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1155 MHz, MLim: 1348 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	49.2% Average	Lighting 54.1 Reflection 58.3 Parallax 61.5 44% 57.9 fps	MRender 66.6 Gravity 57 Splatting 87.5 59% 70.4 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1280 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 154 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 53 201864511528 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4674769314 (F7) Unknown 100 100 146496839 (F8) Unknown 100 100 69032052 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1922 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	53.8% Above average	Read 478 Write 170 Mixed 227 64% 291 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 70.9 4K Mixed 8.06 78% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 21.7 DQ Write 80.7 DQ Mixed 16.1 22% 39.5 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 99%
Hitachi HUA721050KLA330 500GB 1,003 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 172GB free Firmware: GK6OA90A Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 151 (03) Spinup time 134 134 21502230856 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1213 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 32 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 43118 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 666 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1477 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1477 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 210454315047 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	42.7% Average	Read 74.6 Write 74.1 Mixed 72.3 56% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.37 91% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 47%
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 115GB free Firmware: GH2OA420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 251 251 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1141 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 10643 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 870 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 47 47 535117 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 236224053288 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 8 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	59.8% Above average	Read 108 Write 101 Mixed 98.5 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 0.53 4K Mixed 0.2 60% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 72%
Hitachi HDS721025CLA382 250GB-$20 5,436 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 58GB free Firmware: JP1OA3GH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 86 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 100 96 (03) Spinup time 118 100 12897616067 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1391 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 136 100 32 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 22211 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1099 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 99 99 131071 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 6227306 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 44 405143584 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1444 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1444 (C2) HDA temperature 187 107 240518889504 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	54.9% Above average	Read 82.9 Write 108 Mixed 90.7 71% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.23 64% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3000-MR 2x8GB 3,342 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.9% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 20.1 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 19.2 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 86.7 46% 86.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 101%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	305x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	248x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	173x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	190x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	153x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	50x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	31x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	49x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	41x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	32x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $314

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $178	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