Gigabyte GA-H170M-DS3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte H170M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170M-DS3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170307
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '19 at 06:04
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 233 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 499 68% 506 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1261) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.3% Very good	Lighting 91.2 Reflection 82.1 Parallax 76.1 74% 83.2 fps	MRender 91 Gravity 77.3 Splatting 65.9 62% 78.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$39 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 69GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 409 417 403 441 429 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 425 Mixed 406 SusWrite 408 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 66.4 4K Mixed 42.3 137% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 137 103% 137 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 119 124 156 155 161 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 159 Write 163 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 143 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G 859B BLS4G4D240FSA.8FBD KHX2133C14D4/4G 859B BLS4G4D240FSA.8FBD 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	77.5% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 25.1 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 22.8 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 87%

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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 258 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

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Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170M-DS3H-CF

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	94x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	40x
Core i5-6600Intel $124Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	22x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	34x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	24x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $195Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	17x

SSD
VR000240GWEPQ 240GBBench 58%, 16 samples	14x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	12x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	7x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	10x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x16GBG.SKILL $114Bench 71%, 2,716 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	9x

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Value: 108% - Outstanding

Total price: $177

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