Gigabyte GA-H170M-HD3 DDR3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170M-HD3 DDR3-CF (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150827
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '19 at 12:01
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 223 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 428 57% 429 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36BE) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.7% Below average	Lighting 44.7 Reflection 44 Parallax 39.2 36% 42.6 fps	MRender 39.3 Gravity 40.5 Splatting 35.6 31% 38.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZYLF128HCHP-000L2 128GB 3,311 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: FXT63L1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 133 134 135 134 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 448 Write 133 Mixed 168 SusWrite 133 48% 220 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 42.1 4K Mixed 20 82% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 40.2 DQ Mixed 57.8 55% 90.6 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 61%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$55 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 128 129 129 131 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 133 Write 117 Mixed 74.6 SusWrite 129 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-037.A00LF 2x8GB 2,364 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.9 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 19.2 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 61%

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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-HD3 DDR3-CF Builds (Compare 56 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 26%

Raft

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 23%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170M-HD3 DDR3-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	19x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	10x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	6x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	6x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	5x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	6x
LDLC 256GBBench 78%, 312 samples	5x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x

RAM
BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 8502 PSD38G16002 16GBUnknownBench 60%, 6 samples	5x
Aegis DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 54%, 530 samples	4x
99U5402-052.A00LF 2x4GBKingstonBench 50%, 492 samples	3x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $339

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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