Gigabyte GA-H170M-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.3% 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	107% 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte H170M-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170M-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '21 at 08:30
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	41%

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 i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 107 2-Core 188 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 460 57% 437 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560-$180 23,273 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 3527) 1GB CLim: 830 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Lighting 16.6 Reflection 23.5 Parallax 15.9 14% 18.7 fps	MRender 25.3 Gravity 17.9 Splatting 16.6 16% 19.9 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lexar 128GB SSD 128GB 8,135 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: H190117D SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 402 411 398 162 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 411 Mixed 403 SusWrite 315 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 49.6 190% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 240 179% 233 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 99%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$22 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 156GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 71 81 78 82 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 89.7 Write 90.9 Mixed 52 SusWrite 74.1 56% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x4GB-$48 7,720 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 21.9 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 20.1 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	22"	1280 720	BNQ7812 BenQG2110W

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170M-D3H-CF

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	169x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	166x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	74x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	75x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	55x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	46x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	31x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	14x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	27x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	20x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	16x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $408

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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) $39	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