Gigabyte GA-H270-Gaming 3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.66% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive212% 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-H270-Gaming 3  (all builds)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171108
Uptime6.6 Days
Run DateMar 22 '18 at 21:23
Run Duration115 Seconds
Run User GRC-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
79.7% Very good
Memory 82.7
1-Core 116
2-Core 225
79% 141 Pts
4-Core 413
8-Core 615
64% 514 Pts
64-Core 620
38% 620 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 79.7%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4550
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
6.66% Terrible
Lighting 7.13
Reflection 10.4
Parallax 6.78
6% 8.1 fps
MRender 7.33
Gravity 6
Splatting 15
8% 9.46 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.66%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
163GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
212% Outstanding
Read 1,895
Write 1,120
Mixed 1,127
305% 1,381 MB/s
4K Read 54.4
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 31.3
181% 65.4 MB/s
DQ Read 387
DQ Write 278
DQ Mixed 145
159% 270 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 212%
Great: 236%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB
883GB free
Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
59.5% Above average
Read 103
Write 105
Mixed 101
78% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.52
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.31
94% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 59.5%
Great: 59%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CT8G4DFS8213.C8FDR1 859B CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBR1 16GB
2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
36.4% Below average
MC Read 13
MC Write 12.6
MC Mixed 10.3
34% 12 GB/s
SC Read 8.5
SC Write 13
SC Mixed 13
33% 11.5 GB/s
Latency 75.7
53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 36.4%
Great: 87%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-H270-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 1,297 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 48%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H270-Gaming 3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $383
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