Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.8% 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	25.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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-H97-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	20.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '20 at 00:52
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 545 56% 453 Pts	64-Core 534 33% 534 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.99% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 6.46 Parallax 6.72 3% 5.73 fps	MRender 9.38 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 7.74 5% 6.53 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.99% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3236) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 115 Parallax 113 90% 113 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 99.6 Splatting 88.5 77% 94.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM810 2.5" 7mm 128GB 4,365 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: AXM06D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 80 81 67 58 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	25.4% Poor	Read 162 Write 132 Mixed 92 SusWrite 65.3 25% 113 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 18.4 4K Mixed 12.2 46% 14.8 MB/s	DQ Read 16.3 DQ Write 17.4 DQ Mixed 9.4 9% 14.4 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 50%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 153GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 78 76 76 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 97.3 Write 98.3 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 75.8 67% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 76%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 85GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 87 88 73 63 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 76.8 Write 59.5 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 70.5 47% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown IMT41GU6MFR8C-RA0 0420 0815 IMT41GU6MFR8C-RA0 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.6% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 16.9 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 50%

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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 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	123x
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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Total price: $502

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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