Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 104%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics130% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive229% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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)
Memory11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170307
Uptime0.9 Days
Run DateDec 24 '17 at 01:23
Run Duration213 Seconds
Run User CHE-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing above expectations (64th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6500-$67
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
78.9% Very good
Memory 85.6
1-Core 108
2-Core 212
77% 135 Pts
4-Core 417
8-Core 420
56% 419 Pts
64-Core 413
26% 413 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 78.9%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2862 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.31
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
130% Outstanding
Lighting 180
Reflection 205
Parallax 198
147% 194 fps
MRender 129
Gravity 180
Splatting 129
118% 146 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 130%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150
92GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
229% Outstanding
Read 1,906
Write 1,461
Mixed 1,160
334% 1,509 MB/s
4K Read 50.3
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 45.5
190% 66.6 MB/s
DQ Read 52.8
DQ Write 240
DQ Mixed 105
93% 133 MB/s
Poor: 157%
This bench: 229%
Great: 302%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70
1TB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
38.7% Below average
Read 88.5
Write 46.5
Mixed 57.2
48% 64.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.46
4K Write 0.93
4K Mixed 0.16
54% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 38.7%
Great: 67%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
75.2% Very good
MC Read 25.9
MC Write 29.5
MC Mixed 25.2
77% 26.9 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 28
SC Mixed 21.8
63% 21.9 GB/s
Latency 71.6
56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 75.2%
Great: 80%

 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 1,251 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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HDDRAMUSB
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