Gigabyte GA-H170M-DS3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.6% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	91.3% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170M-DS3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.4 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	May 10 '21 at 19:38
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 as expected (50^th percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 107 2-Core 211 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 537 53% 432 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5570 12,172 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Sapphire(174B E142) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	4.6% Terrible	Lighting 5.8 Reflection 6.8 Parallax 5 5% 5.87 fps	MRender 6 Gravity 4.4 Splatting 5.5 4% 5.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.6% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 268GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 210 203 205 205 204 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 291 Mixed 223 SusWrite 212 66% 294 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 31.2 151% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 253 215% 315 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 111%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 123 125 123 125 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 117 Write 49.5 Mixed 78 SusWrite 124 68% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 196% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 97%
WD WD60EZAZ-00ZGHB0 6TB 1,497 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 160 164 161 165 161 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 131 Mixed 99.4 SusWrite 161 105% 142 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 6.8 4K Mixed 0.8 327% 3.43 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 101%
MB4000GCWDC 4TB 677 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: HPGH SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 152 153 152 153 152 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 151 Write 150 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 152 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 209% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT4G4DFS8213.C8FBD2 1315 CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAR2 1315 CT4G4DFS8213.C8FBD2 1315 CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAR2 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.5% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 21.9 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 22.9 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 77.9 51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 74%

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Typical GA-H170M-DS3H-CF Builds (Compare 254 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	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 $240Bench 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 $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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