Gigabyte GA-H170M-DS3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte H170M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170M-DS3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	23.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '21 at 14:39
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 258 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 734 74% 599 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1266) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 101 Parallax 91.5 88% 100 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 92.8 Splatting 77.9 72% 90.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,525 Write 1,359 Mixed 534 252% 1,139 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 50.1 196% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,124 DQ Write 1,082 DQ Mixed 642 609% 950 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
SHGS31-1000GS-2 1TB 11,576 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 296GB free Firmware: 90000Q00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 439 375 207 217 205 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 441 Mixed 404 SusWrite 284 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 40.7 144% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 356 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBD 2x16GB 3,191 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.9% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12.7 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 14.4 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 73.3 54% 73.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 89%

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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	12	10	85	27"	1280 720	ACI27EC ROG PG279Q

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Gaming 40%

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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