Gigabyte GA-H97N-WIFI

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.5% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	86.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97N-WIFI (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	31.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '18 at 20:44
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690S-$141 2,142 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 208 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 382 51% 382 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.5% Terrible	Lighting 3.5 Reflection 6.62 Parallax 6.38 3% 5.5 fps	MRender 6.86 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 7.57 5% 5.62 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.5% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD6400AACS-00G8B1 480GB 333GB free Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 266 302 294 328 315 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 436 Write 346 Mixed 267 SusWrite 293 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 34.5 127% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 161 172% 285 MB/s

Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$48 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0125A SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 258 294 288 320 308 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 417 Write 382 Mixed 351 SusWrite 286 81% 359 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 70.9 4K Mixed 38.8 127% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 241 196% 273 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 118%
Toshiba HDWN180 8TB 898 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 3TB free Firmware: GX2M SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 208 202 203 178 205 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 202 Mixed 87 SusWrite 199 126% 173 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.9 262% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 131%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 827GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 150 152 149 150 147 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 110 Write 111 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 149 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2 365% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 94%
WD WD60PURX-64LZMY0 6TB 1,184 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 153 149 152 153 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 137 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 152 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 100%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 403GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 71 68 69 68 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 72.2 Write 59 Mixed 48 SusWrite 68.9 46% 62 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905402-592.A00LF 2x4GB 93 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	47% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 14.9 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 13.6 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 52%

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

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97N-WIFI - $112

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	75x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	65x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	59x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	60x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	55x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	33x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	28x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x
MX500 500GBCrucial $55Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	15x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	35x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	28x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	19x

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Total price: $421

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16