Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	104% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170307
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '17 at 19:15
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$133 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 464 62% 464 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4590 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	7% Terrible	Lighting 7.33 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 7.16 6% 8.41 fps	MRender 9.81 Gravity 6.3 Splatting 15.1 9% 10.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2242 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 113 Parallax 105 93% 111 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 101 Splatting 101 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9135 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 873 (B1) Unknown 98 98 27 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 9 (EB) Unknown 99 99 36 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27802355449	104% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 382 Mixed 403 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 44.3 173% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 46.3 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 27.5 61% 118 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 539GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 20 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 69 47 9418 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5467 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 39418 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1410 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 94 94 62709 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 17985 (C2) HDA temperature 64 51 210454315037 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 3940 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 39404 (F1) Unknown 94 94 8143972 (F2) Unknown 96 94 6380040 (FE) Unknown 100 100 1	72.8% Very good	Read 121 Write 132 Mixed 115 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.46 126% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 75%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 915GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	32% Below average	Read 76.3 Write 77.6 Mixed 76.7 100% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.16 51% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 44%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 51GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Read 33.4 Write 34.5 Mixed 32.1 43% 33.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.21 66% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 99[2/7/4]191[F/T] 2x4GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 22.4 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 23.2 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 81%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	31x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 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: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $323

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	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) $34	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