Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 100%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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 Drive114% 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H97-HD3  (all builds)
Memory11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160303
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 13 '18 at 14:29
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User ISR-User
Background CPU 19%

 PC Performing above expectations (74th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690-$52
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
77% Very good
Memory 89
1-Core 106
2-Core 192
76% 129 Pts
4-Core 378
8-Core 368
50% 373 Pts
64-Core 355
22% 355 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 77%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
131% Outstanding
Lighting 185
Reflection 193
Parallax 194
151% 191 fps
MRender 123
Gravity 180
Splatting 122
114% 141 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 131%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
65GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 425 441 415 325 202 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
114% Outstanding
Read 457
Write 434
Mixed 374
SusWrite 369
92% 408 MB/s
4K Read 40.4
4K Write 99.9
4K Mixed 55.4
185% 65.2 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 320
DQ Mixed 358
266% 353 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 114%
Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85
40GB free
Firmware: EXT0DB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 143 124 107 97 84 MB/s
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
95.7% Outstanding
Read 467
Write 449
Mixed 338
SusWrite 148
78% 351 MB/s
4K Read 39.5
4K Write 94.5
4K Mixed 45.9
169% 60 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 347
DQ Mixed 174
182% 299 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 95.7%
Great: 108%
Hitachi HDS721680PLA380 82GB-$41
36GB free
Firmware: P21OA70A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 64 64 62 66 65 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
38.9% Below average
Read 71.5
Write 60.5
Mixed 40.7
SusWrite 63.8
44% 59.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 12%
This bench: 38.9%
Great: 40%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
56.4% Above average
MC Read 20.2
MC Write 21.2
MC Mixed 17.4
56% 19.6 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 18.4
SC Mixed 16.5
47% 16.4 GB/s
Latency 68.4
58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 56.4%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-H97-HD3 Builds (Compare 1,470 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 39%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $444
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