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 above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	90.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte H170-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '22 at 13:19
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 80.6 1-Core 109 2-Core 226 77% 139 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 374 54% 397 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 383GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 73 68 66 67 69 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 447 Write 334 Mixed 351 SusWrite 98 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 47.7 162% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 358 269% 358 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 121%
TOSHIBA-TR200 240GB 36,832 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 154GB free Firmware: 17.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 151 178 159 163 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 390 Write 216 Mixed 296 SusWrite 179 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 36.8 145% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 208 180% 263 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GB 29,586 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.3% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 22.6 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 20.9 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 79.5 50% 79.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 96%

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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-CF Builds (Compare 692 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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 $279	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 $184	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