Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	35.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '19 at 17:22
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	SYC-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (62^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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 204 82% 140 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 658 70% 561 Pts	64-Core 655 41% 655 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.9% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 131 Parallax 125 101% 126 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 120 Splatting 102 86% 106 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP S700 250GB-$46 9,815 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0116B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 4 208 146 22 32 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 507 Write 428 Mixed 371 SusWrite 71 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.3 40% 9.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 98%
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$35 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 223GB free Firmware: UF300000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 145 142 144 144 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 453 Write 329 Mixed 267 SusWrite 175 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 46.2 4K Mixed 20 86% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 42.7 51% 88.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 55%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 332GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 151 153 152 153 153 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 123 Write 128 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 152 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 929GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 195 202 202 176 195 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 134 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 189 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17.1 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 18.8 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 86%

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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%

Sail boat

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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16