Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3 DDR3-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics17.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemGigabyte H170-HD3 DDR3
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H170-HD3 DDR3-CF  (all builds)
Memory4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180309
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateOct 27 '18 at 17:19
Run Duration108 Seconds
Run User GRC-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing as expected (48th 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 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
71.1% Very good
Memory 71.8
1-Core 108
2-Core 217
73% 132 Pts
4-Core 405
8-Core 413
54% 409 Pts
64-Core 421
26% 421 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 71.1%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399
PwrHis(1787 2343) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.5.1
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
17.2% Very poor
Lighting 0.07
Reflection 55.9
Parallax 76.4
0% 44.1 fps
MRender 56.8
Gravity 50.8
Splatting 72.6
50% 60.1 fps
Poor: 41%
This bench: 17.2%
Great: 50%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2013)-$60
307GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 86 56 68 87 87 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
47.4% Average
Read 92.3
Write 95.8
Mixed 76.3
SusWrite 72.3
62% 84.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.8
158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 47.4%
Great: 65%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
30.8% Below average
MC Read 10.8
MC Write 10.3
MC Mixed 9.3
29% 10.1 GB/s
SC Read 9.6
SC Write 10.6
SC Mixed 10.5
29% 10.2 GB/s
Latency 97.4
41% 97.4 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 30.8%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-H170-HD3 DDR3-CF Builds (Compare 114 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 63%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-HD3 DDR3-CF

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