Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


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 61%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	38.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160314
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '16 at 20:50
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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 i3-6300-$44 3,672 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	61% Good	Memory 71.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 209 74% 132 Pts	4-Core 300 8-Core 242 38% 271 Pts	64-Core 302 19% 302 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2968) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Lighting 50.5 Reflection 47.2 Parallax 45.6 41% 47.8 fps	MRender 38.2 Gravity 42.5 Splatting 37.7 32% 39.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 246GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 108 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2162708 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 35 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 519 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 65 279174512672 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 21474836485 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 295 (EA) Unknown 100 100 427 (F1) Unknown 253 253 397 (F2) Unknown 253 253 190 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	65.6% Good	Read 489 Write 230 Mixed 254 71% 325 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 41.4 4K Mixed 10.2 75% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 10.1 69% 161 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 900GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 133796472 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 40 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 170140109 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10834 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 38 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 60 606011426 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1092 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 94489280546 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -10428180584005 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21333963202 (F2) Unknown 100 253 45998866065	95.6% Outstanding	Read 132 Write 200 Mixed 148 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.34 4K Mixed 1.05 253% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 466GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 158 5050 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4895 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 18 18 60066 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 308 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 189 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4895 (C2) HDA temperature 111 93 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	57.1% Above average	Read 101 Write 97.7 Mixed 91.9 73% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.39 118% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 69%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 240GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 165 4691 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 458 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 45566 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 258 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 458 (C2) HDA temperature 110 96 37 (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 42 42 42584 (F1) Unknown 200 200 59496047886 (F2) Unknown 200 200 46142829268	58.6% Above average	Read 110 Write 93.6 Mixed 98.6 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.34 96% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 62%
WD My Passport 0740 1TB 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 147GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	26.6% Poor	Read 70.1 Write 60 Mixed 48.2 74% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.13 42% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2133 C15 1x16GB 1,705 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 10.8 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 10.8 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 97 41% 97 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 44%

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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 $109Bench 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 $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 $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