Gigabyte GA-H170M-DS3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.91% 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	63.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	Gigabyte H170M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170M-DS3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161107
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '17 at 14:29
Run Duration	282 Seconds
Run User	BLR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 75.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 252 84% 153 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 683 70% 566 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.91% Terrible	Lighting 7.7 Reflection 10.9 Parallax 7.28 6% 8.62 fps	MRender 4.86 Gravity 6.63 Splatting 15.7 8% 9.08 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.91% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6398 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (64) Unknown 100 100 3901088 (65) Unknown 100 100 497440 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 97 97 1150 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1347 (B7) Unknown 98 98 11 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 180389937183 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 97 97 3 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6920 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2620 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4833 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9387 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	63.6% Good	Read 466 Write 248 Mixed 254 71% 322 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 43.9 4K Mixed 11.3 82% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 29.4 54% 107 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 427GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12897091766 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 26 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6443 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 26 (C0) Power-off retract count 87 87 15910 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 15910 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 184684576803 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	93.3% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 151 Mixed 150 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.18 82% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 88%
silicon-power 4GB 121 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 3600 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	8.98% Terrible	Read 23.1 Write 5.84 Mixed 10.1 14% 13 MB/s	4K Read 8.31 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.58 77% 3.22 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.98% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-066.A00G 1x16GB 1,752 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 10.4 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 11.2 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 88.6 45% 88.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 43%

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Gaming 40%

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Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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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 $133Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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