Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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 Drive	66.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '18 at 14:47
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 681 69% 559 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 186 Parallax 190 140% 182 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 171 Splatting 117 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2333000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 172 168 175 176 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 489 Write 171 Mixed 180 SusWrite 172 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 13.3 103% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 75.9 81% 135 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 71%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 38GB free Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 226 212 208 208 208 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 449 Mixed 305 SusWrite 220 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 39.3 157% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 195 185% 289 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 108%
Intenso Sata III 240GB 1,213 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 45GB free Firmware: O1015A SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 280 83 83 80 80 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 364 Mixed 365 SusWrite 149 77% 347 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 46.4 163% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 241 194% 273 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 90%
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 151GB free Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 344 424 420 426 425 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 487 Mixed 451 SusWrite 391 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 61.9 211% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 357 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 186 186 186 187 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 140 Write 150 Mixed 29 SusWrite 186 91% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 357% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.8% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 8.5 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 10.9 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $84Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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