Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.4% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '19 at 21:48
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 194 79% 134 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 609 62% 503 Pts	64-Core 615 38% 615 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2254 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63% Good	Lighting 79.1 Reflection 79.1 Parallax 69.6 64% 75.9 fps	MRender 74.4 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 73.8 60% 73.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 201 57 58 58 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 311 Write 261 Mixed 241 SusWrite 95.5 51% 227 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 27 129% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 161 138% 199 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 87%
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 56GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 79 79 79 79 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 189 Write 80 Mixed 111 SusWrite 79.2 25% 115 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 31.8 118% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 79.7 DQ Write 79.9 DQ Mixed 76.9 59% 78.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 440GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 123 125 124 125 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 124 Write 115 Mixed 62.6 SusWrite 123 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 88%
SanDisk Cruzer Edge 8GB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 4GB free, PID 556b Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.4 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.9 4 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 37 Write 6.8 Mixed 9.3 SusWrite 4.2 14% 14.3 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 2.5 148% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61.8% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.6 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 63%

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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 $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 $182	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) $30	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