Gigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 107%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 85%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics131% 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 Drive299% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H170-Gaming 3  (all builds)
Memory30.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180309
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 09 '18 at 18:54
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User ISR-User
Background CPU 13%

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
80.9% Excellent
Memory 81.5
1-Core 125
2-Core 240
83% 149 Pts
4-Core 462
8-Core 468
62% 465 Pts
64-Core 465
29% 465 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 80.9%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.16
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
131% Outstanding
Lighting 180
Reflection 203
Parallax 197
147% 193 fps
MRender 131
Gravity 184
Splatting 134
121% 149 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 131%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
436GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1499 1084 609 611 611 613 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
299% Outstanding
Read 2,002
Write 1,681
Mixed 1,198
SusWrite 838
319% 1,430 MB/s
4K Read 62.9
4K Write 191
4K Mixed 89.6
311% 114 MB/s
DQ Read 1,723
DQ Write 1,502
DQ Mixed 1,538
1,173% 1,588 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 299%
Great: 340%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28
63GB free
Firmware: Z32070RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 26 73 48 51 51 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
46.9% Average
Read 319
Write 350
Mixed 315
SusWrite 70.8
59% 264 MB/s
4K Read 14.8
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 0.2
76% 38.7 MB/s
DQ Read 165
DQ Write 262
DQ Mixed 23.7
71% 150 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 46.9%
Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30
81GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 130 134 133 142 149 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
75.5% Very good
Read 127
Write 137
Mixed 90.4
SusWrite 136
90% 122 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1.1
217% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 75.5%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown PSD416G24002 04CD F4-2133C15-16GIS 32GB
2133, 2133 MHz
16384, 16384 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
76% Very good
MC Read 27.7
MC Write 28.9
MC Mixed 24.8
78% 27.1 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 29.8
SC Mixed 23.2
66% 23.2 GB/s
Latency 77.8
51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 72%
This bench: 76%
Great: 76%

 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: 83% - Excellent Total price: $323
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