Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	48.6% 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	47.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (33%). 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	9.7 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	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 15 '20 at 06:12
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^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 below expectations (23^rd percentile)	68% Good	Memory 75.2 1-Core 99.5 2-Core 192 69% 122 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 465 50% 398 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68% 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: 441.87 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.6% Average	Lighting 59.9 Reflection 60.7 Parallax 58.7 49% 59.8 fps	MRender 56.4 Gravity 54.4 Splatting 63.1 48% 58 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 66 59 63 66 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 246 Write 120 Mixed 156 SusWrite 65.2 32% 147 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 63.1 4K Mixed 26.7 95% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 93.6 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 85.6 68% 94.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 218GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 153 152 154 105 120 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 166 Write 122 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 138 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.2% 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 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	26.4% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 8.1 25% 8.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 5.8 18% 6.3 GB/s	Latency 90 44% 90 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 63%

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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	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