Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.7% 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	69.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '18 at 22:56
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 85.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 216 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 546 58% 461 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 114 Parallax 103 88% 108 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 101 Splatting 90.8 78% 95.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 50GB free Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 13705373 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 15547781616066 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 984 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 16 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 41 60132229152 (C2) HDA temperature 32 41 60132229152 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13705373 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13705373 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13705373 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 120259084288 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3994 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3750 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3750 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4048 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1703950	78.2% Very good	Read 497 Write 239 Mixed 282 74% 339 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 20.9 119% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 62.4 86% 153 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 30841267 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -23553600646629 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 984 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 29 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 40 60132163614 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 60132163614 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 30841267 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 30841267 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 30841267 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 120259084288 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12611 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10191 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10191 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6173 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3801137	69.3% Good	Read 482 Write 175 Mixed 258 67% 305 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 14.9 102% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 63.4 92% 170 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 85%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 950GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 144 11550 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2896 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4614 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 981 (10) Unknown 1 199 34471783078 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2880 (C2) HDA temperature 114 111 38 (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	75.1% Very good	Read 141 Write 120 Mixed 126 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.81 4K Mixed 0.3 111% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.3% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 17.6 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18.7 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 80%

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Gaming 39%

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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 $295	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 $40	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