Biostar H170GT3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics105% 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 Drive77.2% 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 8 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.
Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardBiostar H170GT3  (all builds)
Memory11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20151215
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMar 24 '18 at 06:18
Run Duration153 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 34%
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 PC Performing as expected (47th 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
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
75% Very good
Memory 88.9
1-Core 114
2-Core 227
81% 144 Pts
4-Core 351
8-Core 369
48% 360 Pts
64-Core 439
27% 439 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 75%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
105% Outstanding
Lighting 138
Reflection 151
Parallax 144
112% 144 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 133
Splatting 108
97% 119 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 105%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
OCZ AGILITY4 128GB
5GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.5. Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below potential (84th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
77.2% Very good
Read 279
Write 283
Mixed 232
59% 264 MB/s
4K Read 20.9
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 25.1
131% 57.4 MB/s
DQ Read 194
DQ Write 260
DQ Mixed 63.8
94% 173 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 77.2%
Great: 81%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
486GB free
Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
76.3% Very good
Read 132
Write 134
Mixed 117
96% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.19
4K Write 0.72
4K Mixed 0.13
36% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 76.3%
Great: 109%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB
280GB free, PID a007
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
15.7% Very poor
Read 40.2
Write 40.5
Mixed 13.9
38% 31.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.34
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.17
17% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 15.7%
Great: 43%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
40.3% Average
MC Read 14.2
MC Write 14
MC Mixed 12.4
39% 13.5 GB/s
SC Read 10.4
SC Write 11.5
SC Mixed 12.1
32% 11.3 GB/s
Latency 68.5
58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 40.3%
Great: 79%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical H170GT3 Builds (Compare 15 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Biostar H170GT3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 112% - Outstanding Total price: $343
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