Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	37.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 10 '17 at 17:47
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	73%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4330-$140 6,343 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Memory 63 1-Core 67 2-Core 131 51% 87.1 Pts	4-Core 232 8-Core 249 32% 241 Pts	64-Core 257 16% 257 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36AC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1606 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Lighting 49.4 Reflection 44.9 Parallax 41.2 40% 45.2 fps	MRender 42.8 Gravity 43 Splatting 38 34% 41.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 128GB-$74 4,687 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0815B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1906 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 982 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 44 (A3) Unknown 100 100 2 (A4) Unknown 100 100 158979 (A5) Unknown 100 100 201 (A6) Unknown 100 100 99 (A7) Unknown 100 100 156 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (B1) Unknown 100 100 496 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 119 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2098247 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 403117 (F2) Unknown 100 100 519451 (F5) Unknown 100 100 635916	65% Good	Read 487 Write 148 Mixed 232 63% 289 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 68 4K Mixed 25.4 102% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 52 59% 99 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 83%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 53GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 95890944 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 738 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 66076364 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2419 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1703 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 56 (BD) vendor-specific 74 74 26 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 538902560 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 817 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10324 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 68719476768 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -37447819851682 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14724449831 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1941584642950	64.7% Good	Read 90 Write 134 Mixed 101 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 5.33 4K Mixed 0.58 180% 2.11 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U7BFR8C-H9 4x4GB 206 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	46.6% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.5 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 13.2 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 59%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 - $132

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	219x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	121x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	95x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	101x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	66x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	49x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	49x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	34x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	12x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	43x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	38x
KHX1866C10D3/8G 9905403-400.A00LF 9905403-400.A00LF 16GBKingstonBench 51%, 42 samples	24x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $504

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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