Gigabyte GA-H170M-D3H-GSM-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	83.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte H170M-D3H-GSM
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H170M-D3H-GSM-CF (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161117
Uptime	16 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '17 at 05:04
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th 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 (97^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 394 54% 404 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Cards	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 8C94) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete	Lighting 73.2 Reflection 74.5 Parallax 72.9 60% 73.5 fps	Gravity 68.7 Splatting 72.4 63% 70.5 fps
Poor: 51% Great: 60%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete	Lighting 6.7 Reflection 10 Parallax 6.59 6% 7.76 fps	Gravity 5.93 Splatting 13.9 9% 9.92 fps
Poor: 3% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3721 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 220 (A5) Unknown 100 100 21528576719 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 29 (A8) Unknown 100 100 25 (A9) Unknown 100 100 180 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 29 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 62 266289020965 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2220531646981 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3424 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7378 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5654 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6411 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	83.9% Excellent	Read 484 Write 331 Mixed 310 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 19.8 110% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 46.6 96% 199 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 122GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 188547527 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 360 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 31422511 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3779 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 315 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 521142303 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 467 (C2) HDA temperature 31 13 55834574879 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 1 188547527 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -55044300861798 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16526093805 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15581514782	93.2% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 154 Mixed 121 111% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.25 80% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.2% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.7 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 19.6 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 80%

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Typical GA-H170M-D3H-GSM-CF Builds (Compare 48 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170M-D3H-GSM-CF

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	13x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	7x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	7x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	6x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	6x

SSD
hynix SC311 SATA 128GBSKBench 65%, 20,313 samples	5x
Ultra II 240GBSanDisk $40Bench 82%, 53,931 samples	3x
SD8SN8U512G1002 512GBSandiskBench 72%, 4,967 samples	3x

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CTD Kingston KM0VW4-MID 16GBSamsungBench 38%, 4 samples	4x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	3x
CT16G4DFD8213.C16FBD 4x16GBCrucialBench 71%, 60 samples	3x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $297

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

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