Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics78.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive77.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3  (all builds)
Memory13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151223
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateNov 27 '18 at 09:04
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User NZL-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (67th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600-$132
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
84.6% Excellent
Memory 89.5
1-Core 125
2-Core 242
86% 152 Pts
4-Core 461
8-Core 462
62% 461 Pts
64-Core 462
29% 462 Pts
Poor: 47%
This bench: 84.6%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
78.2% Very good
Lighting 96.2
Reflection 111
Parallax 91.9
78% 99.6 fps
MRender 96.1
Gravity 92.5
Splatting 96.2
78% 94.9 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 78.2%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKJW120H6 120GB
19GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RG11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 85 107 71 106 64 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
77.6% Very good
Read 375
Write 188
Mixed 230
SusWrite 90.5
49% 221 MB/s
4K Read 35.3
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 39.5
160% 59.8 MB/s
DQ Read 214
DQ Write 165
DQ Mixed 88.9
94% 156 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 77.6%
Great: 85%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 125 122 123 126 127 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
71.1% Very good
Read 123
Write 109
Mixed 81.6
SusWrite 125
81% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 71.1%
Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
140GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 96 96 96 97 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
68.3% Good
Read 141
Write 144
Mixed 81.4
SusWrite 96.4
85% 116 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1.2
228% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 68.3%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9905625-030.A00G 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
78.8% Very good
MC Read 28.3
MC Write 30
MC Mixed 25.7
80% 28 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 29.2
SC Mixed 24.3
68% 23.7 GB/s
Latency 67.9
59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 78.8%
Great: 79%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-H170-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 1,252 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 85% - Excellent Total price: $314
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