Gigabyte GA-H97N

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	83.6% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97N (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141105
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '19 at 00:22
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 120 2-Core 239 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 604 66% 524 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 219GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 325 314 150 146 147 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 426 Write 373 Mixed 301 SusWrite 238 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 35.8 134% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 231 177% 238 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 95%
Toshiba MG03ACA300 3TB 1,003 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 3TB free Firmware: NS00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 168 162 169 162 166 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 155 Mixed 67.1 SusWrite 165 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BA160B.C16 2x8GB 11,058 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.9 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 19.8 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 61%

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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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Typical GA-H97N Builds (Compare 42 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97N

CPU
Core i5-4440Intel $128Bench 61%, 81,111 samples	7x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	5x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	4x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	7x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	4x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	3x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 120GBKingston $35Bench 67%, 80,916 samples	4x
HyperX 3K 120GBKingston $100Bench 74%, 46,066 samples	2x
Vertex 4 128GBOCZ $215Bench 88%, 19,372 samples	2x

RAM
99U5471-052.A00LF 2x8GBKingstonBench 47%, 2,479 samples	3x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	2x
99U5474-028.A00LF 2x4GBKingstonBench 44%, 3,493 samples	2x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $178

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 $184	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) $35	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