Gigabyte GA-H170M-DS3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	106% 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	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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte H170M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170M-DS3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '20 at 17:04
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 221 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 428 57% 427 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.2% Above average	Lighting 66.4 Reflection 66.6 Parallax 59.7 54% 64.2 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 62 Splatting 56.7 51% 63.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 54%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MTFDDAV256MBF-1AN15ABHA 256GB 2,290 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6T3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 348 390 386 386 386 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 411 Write 382 Mixed 326 SusWrite 364 84% 371 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 48.4 168% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 251 214% 315 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 3,571 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 22.4 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.5 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 112%

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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-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 $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 $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 $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