Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


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 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.6% 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	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '18 at 10:04
Run Duration	629 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 i7-4771-$129 11,180 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 214 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 576 60% 484 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6171) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 112 Parallax 94.8 82% 103 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 94.6 Splatting 99.8 80% 97.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSFJ256GCSU 256GB 3,843 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: JULA1102 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25418 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1116 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 192 192 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 335 (C2) HDA temperature 73 59 176094642203 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	105% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 477 Mixed 498 110% 495 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 41.3 136% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 140 144% 235 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 100%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 53GB free Firmware: LCSi Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 118747255836432 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 962 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 231 (B7) Unknown 100 100 908 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 231 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 269626 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 34 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 269626 (F2) Unknown 100 100 141955 (F9) Unknown 100 100 14547	76.8% Very good	Read 482 Write 196 Mixed 259 68% 312 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 18.1 121% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 71.1 99% 182 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 88%
Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB-$47 10,943 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 770GB free Firmware: GKAOA51D Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 85 85 6684779 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 123 123 30106321400 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 825 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 28332 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 778 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1727 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1727 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 309238693927 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	14.3% Very poor	Read 0.35 Write 48.9 Mixed 0.67 12% 16.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.39 88% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 46%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 577GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 135 131 4216 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1797 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 32979 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1795 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 418 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1378 (C2) HDA temperature 113 90 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	75.2% Very good	Read 124 Write 138 Mixed 111 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.16 97% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 87%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 415GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 91 (03) Spinup time 148 148 21503803791 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 326 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 33108 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 323 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 867 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 867 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 219044642849 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	53.6% Above average	Read 91.8 Write 94.7 Mixed 92.4 70% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.47 121% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 2,445 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	60.2% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 19.2 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 85%

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	326x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	290x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	159x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	166x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	147x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	85x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	57x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	48x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	44x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	76x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	44x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	35x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $444

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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