Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics122% 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 Drive170% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3  (all builds)
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150803
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateMar 15 '19 at 11:05
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User IRN-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing below expectations (34th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i3-4150-$44
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
63.6% Good
Memory 82.2
1-Core 102
2-Core 123
64% 102 Pts
4-Core 260
8-Core 272
35% 266 Pts
64-Core 271
17% 271 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 63.6%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.35
Performing below potential (43rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
122% Outstanding
Lighting 166
Reflection 185
Parallax 187
136% 179 fps
MRender 121
Gravity 174
Splatting 121
112% 139 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 122%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 512GB
262GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0906I
SusWrite @10s intervals: 494 569 606 547 547 555 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
170% Outstanding
Read 600
Write 533
Mixed 515
SusWrite 553
124% 550 MB/s
4K Read 63.2
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 81.1
266% 90.1 MB/s
DQ Read 774
DQ Write 543
DQ Mixed 565
447% 627 MB/s
Poor: 155%
This bench: 170%
Great: 318%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
203GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 147 148 148 148 150 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
78.2% Very good
Read 125
Write 93
Mixed 60.3
SusWrite 148
78% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 78.2%
Great: 114%
WD WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB
140GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 70 71 71 71 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
40.8% Average
Read 71
Write 66.7
Mixed 57.5
SusWrite 70.6
49% 66.4 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42%
This bench: 40.8%
Great: 83%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 0112 78.CAGKL.4010C 16GB
1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
57.1% Above average
MC Read 20.5
MC Write 21.8
MC Mixed 18.2
58% 20.2 GB/s
SC Read 14.1
SC Write 15.4
SC Mixed 19.1
46% 16.2 GB/s
Latency 76.6
52% 76.6 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-H97-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 703 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 39%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 - $132

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $505
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