Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.84% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	77.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '18 at 12:29
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 94.8 1-Core 100 2-Core 200 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 347 46% 347 Pts	64-Core 347 22% 347 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.84% Terrible	Lighting 3.77 Reflection 6.23 Parallax 6.59 3% 5.53 fps	MRender 9.43 Gravity 2.27 Splatting 7.61 5% 6.43 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.84% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 185 186 176 182 179 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 443 Write 422 Mixed 332 SusWrite 215 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 59.3 4K Mixed 28.5 101% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 247 210% 308 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 101%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 23GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 49 49 48 48 48 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	26.1% Poor	Read 89.3 Write 48.4 Mixed 27.4 SusWrite 44.4 63% 52.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.2 84% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.4 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 18.4 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 64%

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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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Typical GA-H97-HD3 Builds (Compare 1,470 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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 $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 $184	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) $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