Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140628
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '20 at 23:38
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 above expectations (68^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 206 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 434 48% 381 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85B9) 3GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	55% Above average	Lighting 67.3 Reflection 68.7 Parallax 66 55% 67.4 fps	MRender 66.6 Gravity 65.2 Splatting 69.3 55% 67 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 199 Write 116 Mixed 157 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 18.8 97% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 54.9 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 70 58% 81.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 329GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 117 118 119 118 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 130 Write 151 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 116 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Z8GX3M1A1600C10 2x8GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.1% Below average	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 8.7 27% 9.57 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 8.3 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 63%

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Typical GA-H97-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 711 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

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

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	220x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	124x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	97x

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 $36Bench 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	44x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	39x
KHX1866C10D3/8G 9905403-400.A00LF 9905403-400.A00LF 16GBKingstonBench 51%, 42 samples	24x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $502

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16