Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% 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	145% 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	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 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	14.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '19 at 02:28
Run Duration	892 Seconds
Run User	BGD-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (97^th 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, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 532 69% 522 Pts	64-Core 530 33% 530 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Device(107D 2773) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 202 Parallax 204 153% 198 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 179 Splatting 125 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO 250G 250GB 3,453 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 496 500 363 281 282 281 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 500 Mixed 473 SusWrite 367 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 56.5 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 78 277% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 122%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 860GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 183 183 183 183 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 173 Mixed 109 SusWrite 183 119% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 232% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.7% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.2 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 21.4 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 62%

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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 77%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	219x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	121x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	95x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	101x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	66x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	49x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	49x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	34x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	12x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	43x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	38x
KHX1866C10D3/8G 9905403-400.A00LF 9905403-400.A00LF 16GBKingstonBench 51%, 42 samples	24x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $505

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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