Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	102% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '18 at 15:53
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 254 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 653 67% 542 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C307) ≥ 4GB; GTX 1070 Ti Armor CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 147 Parallax 126 111% 136 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 130 Splatting 110 93% 114 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_ CT1050MX30 1TB 488 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 543GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0C SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 405 395 361 358 365 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 402 Write 426 Mixed 348 SusWrite 376 88% 388 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 40.1 160% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 37.7 103% 221 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%
Ct1000mx 50 1TB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 850GB free Firmware: M3CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 390 407 416 413 416 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 447 Write 20.8 Mixed 29 SusWrite 401 49% 225 MB/s	4K Read 55.2 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 62.8 237% 85.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 52.3 125% 260 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 99 100 101 102 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 166 Write 130 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 99.5 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 114%
Samsung M3 Portable 2TB 5,095 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 673GB free, PID 61b5 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 69 69 68 68 68 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 74 Write 60.3 Mixed 49 SusWrite 68.8 84% 63 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 1 166% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.2% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.6 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 20.2 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 109%

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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	85x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	57x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x
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: 60% - Good

Total price: $429

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16