Gigabyte GA-H170M-DS3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.21% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	95% 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170M-DS3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '21 at 01:52
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700T 9,225 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 96.5 2-Core 222 75% 135 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 605 64% 515 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.21% Terrible	Lighting 6.8 Reflection 9 Parallax 8.7 6% 8.17 fps	MRender 9.2 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 10.8 8% 8.97 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.21% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 259GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 215 199 200 203 204 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 408 Mixed 330 SusWrite 213 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 42.6 163% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 240 201% 293 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 111%
WD WD60EZAZ-00ZGHB0 6TB 1,497 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 162 163 157 164 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 134 Mixed 97.8 SusWrite 162 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 6.9 4K Mixed 0.7 293% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 101%
MB4000GCWDC 4TB 677 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: HPGH SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 151 151 150 154 152 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 148 Write 151 Mixed 88.4 SusWrite 151 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAR2 1315 CT4G4DFS8213.C8FBD2 1315 CT4G4DFS8213.C8FBD2 1315 CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAR2 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	72.1% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 22.4 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 73%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	27"	1280 720	ACI27F6 ASUS VE278

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Typical GA-H170M-DS3H-CF Builds (Compare 256 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170M-DS3H-CF

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	93x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	40x
Core i5-6600Intel $139Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	22x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	34x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	24x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $239Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	17x

SSD
VR000240GWEPQ 240GBBench 58%, 16 samples	14x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	12x
BX200 240GBCrucial $36Bench 76%, 36,559 samples	6x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	10x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x16GBG.SKILL $65Bench 71%, 2,716 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	9x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $184

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16