Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49.7% 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)
Boot Drive	65.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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-H97M-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	20.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit cores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150920
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '20 at 03:48
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 218 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 600 58% 477 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1368) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.7% Average	Lighting 61.9 Reflection 65.2 Parallax 58.2 50% 61.8 fps	MRender 67.8 Gravity 59.6 Splatting 52.7 48% 60 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 218GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1C3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 201 197 260 244 198 MB/s Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	65.4% Good	Read 138 Write 89.2 Mixed 186 SusWrite 213 36% 157 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 34.5 112% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 190 166% 241 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 102%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 157 161 160 158 159 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 122 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 154 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 24GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 20.5 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 60%

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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 28%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 23%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	42x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	27x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	22x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	27x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	26x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	17x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	20x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	16x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	20x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	7x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	7x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $371

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16