Gigabyte GA-H170M-DS3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.87% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	102% 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.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170M-DS3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '21 at 02:18
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 78.1 1-Core 107 2-Core 202 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 424 57% 425 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.87% Terrible	Lighting 6.4 Reflection 6.5 Parallax 7.4 5% 6.77 fps	MRender 8.6 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 10.3 7% 8.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.87% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 299 300 300 300 300 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 469 Mixed 414 SusWrite 311 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 76.5 4K Mixed 43.5 154% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
General USB Flash Disk 8GB 3,976 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.1 7.2 6.8 7.5 6.9 7.2 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	8.58% Terrible	Read 34.8 Write 5.2 Mixed 6.2 SusWrite 7.1 13% 13.3 MB/s	4K Read 8.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 31% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.58% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G3H1 16GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.2% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 21.3 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 20.8 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 84.2 48% 84.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 85%

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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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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