Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.9% 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)
Boot Drive	33.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 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	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 15:47
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 111 2-Core 226 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 602 65% 514 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.9% Above average	Lighting 62.9 Reflection 67.4 Parallax 61.3 51% 63.9 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 61.2 Splatting 54 50% 62.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD 128GB-$84 8,513 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16979 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1765 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 507 (AE) Unknown 100 100 447 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1690 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2931 (F1) Unknown 100 100 88332904050 (F2) Unknown 100 100 60702879421	33.7% Below average	Read 433 Write 111 Mixed 158 51% 234 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 8.3 4K Mixed 5.5 29% 8.55 MB/s	DQ Read 36.4 DQ Write 9.12 DQ Mixed 5.66 9% 17.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 56%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 819GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1615 (03) Spinup time 170 165 6500 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5794 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32304 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3153 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 440 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 20 20 541324 (C2) HDA temperature 125 100 25 (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 200 200 146	45% Average	Read 75 Write 81.5 Mixed 66.7 56% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.17 72% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 67%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 2TB-$105 4,536 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 483GB free Firmware: 1AN10003 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 36 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 61 59 12034 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5373 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8626 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1795 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3820 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 51 210454183960 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 130 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 113055	49.9% Average	Read 77.8 Write 96 Mixed 70.2 61% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.41 96% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6AFR8C-PB HMT451U6AFR8C-PB Kingston 99U5584-001.A00LF Kingston 9905584-032.A00LF 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.3% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.6 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.4 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns

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Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	327x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	292x
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	148x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	86x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	57x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x
MX500 1TBCrucial $81Bench 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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Total price: $429

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16