Gigabyte GA-H97N-WIFI

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.1% 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	121% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97N-WIFI (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '18 at 08:01
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 90 2-Core 178 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 415 46% 364 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1342 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.7.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Lighting 65 Reflection 69.5 Parallax 82.3 53% 72.3 fps	MRender 68.9 Gravity 61.9 Splatting 55.9 50% 62.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 306 306 306 308 307 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 469 Mixed 397 SusWrite 316 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 63.2 214% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 352 266% 357 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
WD WD10JPLX-00MBPT0 1TB 11,708 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 152GB free Firmware: 01.01H01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 72 73 75 72 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 54 Write 47.6 Mixed 7 SusWrite 72.5 32% 45.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.2 48% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 16.6 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 16.9 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 62%

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

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97N-WIFI - $112

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	75x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	65x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	59x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	60x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	55x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	33x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	28x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	15x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	35x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	28x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	19x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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