Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 52%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	71.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (86%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	2.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '17 at 00:23
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	86%

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PC Performing below expectations (24^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 way below expectations (11^th percentile)	52% Above average	Memory 58.6 1-Core 50.4 2-Core 77.8 40% 62.3 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 293 36% 275 Pts	64-Core 302 19% 302 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.3% Very good	Lighting 89.6 Reflection 92.6 Parallax 76.9 73% 86.4 fps	MRender 82.4 Gravity 81.7 Splatting 84.7 68% 82.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Triactor 480GB-$150 1,840 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 119GB free Firmware: P0330AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd 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 100 100 100 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 626 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 49 (A3) Unknown 100 100 610 (94) Unknown 100 100 33944 (95) Unknown 100 100 497 (96) Unknown 100 100 312 (97) Unknown 100 100 458 (A4) Unknown 100 100 10964 (A5) Unknown 100 100 36 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36426190225434 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 84912 (F2) Unknown 100 100 87630 (F5) Unknown 100 100 129512 (F6) Unknown 100 100 135776 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	47.3% Average	Read 483 Write 237 Mixed 262 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 13.6 4K Mixed 8.37 41% 12.4 MB/s	DQ Read 41.1 DQ Write 21.9 DQ Mixed 8.14 12% 23.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6146 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1835 (B1) Unknown 92 92 154 (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 62 46 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 205 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25554195500	63.8% Good	Read 499 Write 408 Mixed 416 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 20.9 4K Mixed 12.9 56% 17.6 MB/s	DQ Read 32.6 DQ Write 59.4 DQ Mixed 12.3 19% 34.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 115%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 725GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 110 106 7458 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2216 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14030 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1101 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 279 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 44197 (C2) HDA temperature 111 91 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 85.3 Mixed 80.9 66% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.38 87% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 57%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 660GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 4241 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6821 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15382 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3960 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 526 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6294 (C2) HDA temperature 105 91 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 80 80 14797 (F1) Unknown 200 200 52447383533 (F2) Unknown 200 200 52380816523	57.5% Above average	Read 102 Write 98.2 Mixed 101 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.46 114% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25 20,263 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	MC Read 12.4 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 11.4 33% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 5.1 17% 5.8 GB/s	Latency 132 30% 132 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 48%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

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 $92Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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