Gigabyte GA-H170M-D3H-GSM-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	72.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170M-D3H-GSM-CF (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160106
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '17 at 14:49
Run Duration	86 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 227 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 659 65% 529 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1949 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 733 (A5) Unknown 100 100 708825647242 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A8) Unknown 100 100 17 (A9) Unknown 100 100 215 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 52 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 63 270584512548 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6700165760536 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1781 (EA) Unknown 100 100 22403 (F1) Unknown 253 253 20760 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5401 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	72.5% Very good	Read 477 Write 326 Mixed 286 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 29.7 4K Mixed 15.5 71% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 41.8 94% 198 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 642GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 63 56593061 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 733 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 3046512 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1948 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 734 (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 67 53 689700897 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 736 (C2) HDA temperature 33 21 90194313249 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 56593061 (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 76579266889616 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1375615659 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1349773241	81.2% Excellent	Read 148 Write 135 Mixed 101 95% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.27 76% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25 47,473 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.9% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 11.6 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 48%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical GA-H170M-D3H-GSM-CF Builds (Compare 48 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170M-D3H-GSM-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	13x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	7x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	7x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	6x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	6x

SSD
hynix SC311 SATA 128GBSKBench 65%, 20,313 samples	5x
Ultra II 240GBSanDisk $40Bench 82%, 53,931 samples	3x
SD8SN8U512G1002 512GBSandiskBench 72%, 4,967 samples	3x

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CTD Kingston KM0VW4-MID 16GBSamsungBench 38%, 4 samples	4x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	3x
CT16G4DFD8213.C16FBD 4x16GBCrucialBench 71%, 60 samples	3x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $297

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	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