Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	18.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '17 at 09:48
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 107 2-Core 213 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 405 50% 384 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2975) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Lighting 68.4 Reflection 75 Parallax 65.6 56% 69.7 fps	MRender 73.9 Gravity 65.4 Splatting 61.5 54% 66.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8780 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 790 (B1) Unknown 96 96 69 (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 46 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27940976622
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2612744 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 2109 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 75 420741145 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 85899345945 (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 -71055938945024 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3031022 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1931792	99.6% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 163 Mixed 161 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.24 94% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 15642800 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 199736 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 71 437780506 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 36 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 77309411354 (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 -112244675313658 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2019846054 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2322416	89% Excellent	Read 155 Write 156 Mixed 136 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.11 43% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 48GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 197064696 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2445 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 56 21527275302 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18295 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1893 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 67 67 33 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 39 5124350279707 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 161 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 43613 (C2) HDA temperature 27 61 42949672987 (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 75574244545251 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19535654997 (F2) Unknown 100 253 31175027511	91.7% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 156 Mixed 154 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.18 4K Write 0.68 4K Mixed 0.17 39% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 113%
Seagate Desktop 1TB 4,684 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 431GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Read 40.4 Write 41.6 Mixed 38.8 52% 40.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.38 68% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 24GB 202 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.8% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.2 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 14.5 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 64%

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Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

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 $38Bench 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: $505

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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