Gigabyte GA-H97N-WIFI

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics86.9% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H97N-WIFI  (all builds)
Memory11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140424
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateJul 18 '17 at 03:31
Run Duration302 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 16%
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 PC Performing as expected (55th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
78.3% Very good
Memory 87.2
1-Core 106
2-Core 214
77% 136 Pts
4-Core 400
8-Core 411
54% 406 Pts
64-Core 405
25% 405 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 78.3%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
86.9% Excellent
Lighting 109
Reflection 119
Parallax 102
89% 110 fps
MRender 97.1
Gravity 100
Splatting 104
83% 100 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 86.9%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33
40GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
90.1% Outstanding
Read 172
Write 142
Mixed 140
114% 151 MB/s
4K Read 0.56
4K Write 1.48
4K Mixed 0.21
74% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 90.1%
Great: 112%
Mass Storage Device 16GB
11GB free, PID 125d
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
4.46% Terrible
Read 19.7
Write 4.22
Mixed 6.08
10% 10 MB/s
4K Read 2.8
4K Write 0.006
4K Mixed 0.09
14% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 4%
This bench: 4.46%
Great: 16%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR3 1600G 2OZ 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (35th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
50.1% Above average
MC Read 17.1
MC Write 18.2
MC Mixed 16
49% 17.1 GB/s
SC Read 13.1
SC Write 17
SC Mixed 16
44% 15.4 GB/s
Latency 70.3
57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 50.1%
Great: 73%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-H97N-WIFI Builds (Compare 556 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 61%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97N-WIFI - $112

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