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 (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.72% 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	88.5% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170M-DS3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '21 at 03:56
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (99^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 222 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 584 63% 500 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% EVGA(3842 3733) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	6.72% Terrible	Lighting 8.3 Reflection 11.4 Parallax 9.3 7% 9.67 fps	MRender 10.3 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 7.1 7% 8.27 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.72% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 278GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 204 199 204 208 206 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 436 Write 265 Mixed 252 SusWrite 210 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 37.4 139% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 194 187% 296 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 111%
MB4000GCWDC 6TB 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 155 155 155 159 162 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 122 Write 115 Mixed 61.9 SusWrite 158 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s

WD WD60EZAZ-00ZGHB0 6TB 1,497 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 160 160 157 162 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 165 Mixed 94.8 SusWrite 160 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 6.4 4K Mixed 0.7 271% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 101%
MB4000GCWDC 4TB 677 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: HPGH SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 145 147 141 148 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 144 Write 144 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 146 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 104%
SanDisk Ultra 123GB 2,890 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 114GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 28 19 23 21 25 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Read 136 Write 32.4 Mixed 38.2 SusWrite 24.6 61% 57.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.7 53% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 39%

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	72.4% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 22.3 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 23.2 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.4% 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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Gaming 40%

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Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170M-DS3H-CF

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	92x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	40x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	22x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	33x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	24x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	17x

SSD
VR000240GWEPQ 240GBBench 58%, 16 samples	14x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x
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 $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 $178	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