Gigabyte GA-H97N

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97N (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150920
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '16 at 19:37
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 223 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 574 58% 473 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 118 Parallax 110 94% 114 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 100 Splatting 101 82% 99.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 348 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 130GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10564 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1637 (B1) Unknown 98 98 18 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 51 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 33 (F1) Unknown 99 99 44846020329	93% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 192 Mixed 330 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 33.6 158% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 115 142% 252 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 132%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1667 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 659 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 45 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 258 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1889331621	103% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 402 Mixed 412 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 39.3 169% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 44.6 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 26.5 59% 114 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 485GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 176 4016 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4057 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5421 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2028 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 108 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3948 (C2) HDA temperature 111 98 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.4% Average	Read 94.6 Write 77.5 Mixed 90.4 66% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.27 74% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 76%
102 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 2GB free, PID fafa Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	6.58% Terrible	Read 18.6 Write 11.6 Mixed 9.13 15% 13.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.64 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.01 22% 1.89 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.58% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 16 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 62%

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Typical GA-H97N Builds (Compare 42 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97N

CPU
Core i5-4440Intel $128Bench 61%, 81,111 samples	7x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	5x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	4x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	7x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	4x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	3x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 120GBKingston $35Bench 67%, 80,916 samples	4x
HyperX 3K 120GBKingston $100Bench 74%, 46,066 samples	2x
Vertex 4 128GBOCZ $215Bench 88%, 19,372 samples	2x

RAM
99U5471-052.A00LF 2x8GBKingstonBench 47%, 2,479 samples	3x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	2x
99U5474-028.A00LF 2x4GBKingstonBench 44%, 3,493 samples	2x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $178

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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