Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3 DDR3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics94.6% 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 Drive75.7% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3 DDR3  (all builds)
Memory13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20160314
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 25 '17 at 17:33
Run Duration107 Seconds
Run User JPN-User
Background CPU 25%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
81.5% Excellent
Memory 83.7
1-Core 132
2-Core 252
86% 156 Pts
4-Core 427
8-Core 696
69% 561 Pts
64-Core 710
44% 710 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 81.5%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
94.6% Outstanding
Lighting 122
Reflection 123
Parallax 105
100% 117 fps
MRender 100
Gravity 106
Splatting 103
84% 103 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 94.6%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKJW240H6 240GB
85GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RG11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
75.7% Very good
Read 515
Write 210
Mixed 258
72% 328 MB/s
4K Read 33.4
4K Write 83
4K Mixed 19.3
119% 45.2 MB/s
DQ Read 219
DQ Write 121
DQ Mixed 47.3
68% 129 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 75.7%
Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
137GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
96% Outstanding
Read 176
Write 159
Mixed 134
117% 156 MB/s
4K Read 0.79
4K Write 2.32
4K Mixed 0.35
114% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 96%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CM3X8GA1600C11V2 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 16GB
1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 4096, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
58.1% Above average
MC Read 21.2
MC Write 21.1
MC Mixed 18
57% 20.1 GB/s
SC Read 13.9
SC Write 22.1
SC Mixed 19.2
53% 18.4 GB/s
Latency 73.9
54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 58.1%
Great: 58%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-H170-Gaming 3 DDR3 Builds (Compare 52 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 44%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3 DDR3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 90% - Outstanding Total price: $260
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