Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H97-HD3  (all builds)
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20150918
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateNov 23 '17 at 10:46
Run Duration162 Seconds
Run User POL-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing above expectations (70th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
83.4% Excellent
Memory 89.4
1-Core 116
2-Core 229
82% 145 Pts
4-Core 417
8-Core 601
64% 509 Pts
64-Core 601
37% 601 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 83.4%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.19
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Lighting 140
Reflection 151
Parallax 143
114% 145 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 133
Splatting 109
97% 119 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 107%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
36GB free
Firmware: 603A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
65.9% Good
Read 497
Write 196
Mixed 235
68% 310 MB/s
4K Read 20.5
4K Write 81.3
4K Mixed 14.4
93% 38.8 MB/s
DQ Read 121
DQ Write 200
DQ Mixed 50
69% 124 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 65.9%
Great: 85%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89
312GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1AG0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
51.4% Above average
Read 87
Write 92
Mixed 93.8
69% 90.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.44
4K Write 1.28
4K Mixed 0.36
82% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 51.4%
Great: 59%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8
5GB free, PID 5581
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
26.4% Poor
Read 103
Write 17.8
Mixed 27.4
47% 49.3 MB/s
4K Read 6.26
4K Write 2.01
4K Mixed 1.25
134% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 26.4%
Great: 38%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown GR1333D364L9/8G 1319 CL9-9-9 D3-1333 16GB
1333, 1333 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
51.4% Above average
MC Read 17.9
MC Write 18.3
MC Mixed 15.7
49% 17.3 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 19.1
SC Mixed 17.3
48% 16.7 GB/s
Latency 67.9
59% 67.9 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-H97-HD3 Builds (Compare 1,470 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 39%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $444
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