Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98.9% 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	83.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '20 at 16:09
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 203 82% 140 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 656 63% 519 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3794) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 140 Parallax 132 103% 133 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 126 Splatting 107 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.7a SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 142 142 139 140 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 417 Write 156 Mixed 213 SusWrite 138 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 41.4 164% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 131 112% 165 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 82%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 385GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 459 456 471 472 470 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 483 Mixed 458 SusWrite 461 107% 476 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 61.1 210% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 358 244% 298 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 221GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 296 296 297 296 296 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 466 Mixed 402 SusWrite 312 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 65.1 221% 79 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 267 201% 268 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 18.6 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 72%

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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 39%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	326x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	290x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	159x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	166x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	147x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	85x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	57x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	44x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	76x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	44x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	35x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $444

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16