Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.4% 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	61.6% 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 03:51
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 (99^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 600 60% 490 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.5% 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: 1589 MHz, MLim: 1818 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Lighting 65.6 Reflection 68.5 Parallax 60.8 54% 65 fps	MRender 69.7 Gravity 62.5 Splatting 55.1 50% 62.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.4% 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: 161 234 198 272 238 195 MB/s Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.6% Good	Read 259 Write 102 Mixed 248 SusWrite 216 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 23.1 102% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 113 99% 146 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 102%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$49 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 157 158 160 161 159 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 126 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 155 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91.4% 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 (96^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.7 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.3% 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%

Battleship

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 i5-12600K $170	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 $550	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) $29	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