Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49% 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 (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 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	20150803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '20 at 00:54
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 90.2 2-Core 212 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 384 48% 368 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 3691) 2GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Lighting 49.3 Reflection 44 Parallax 41.8 40% 45 fps	MRender 39.3 Gravity 42.7 Splatting 37.7 32% 39.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$35 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF430400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 137 89 140 127 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 381 Write 337 Mixed 267 SusWrite 148 63% 283 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 33.5 4K Mixed 14 68% 23 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 77.3 DQ Mixed 35.8 44% 78.3 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 55%
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$35 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 188GB free Firmware: UF430400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 148 149 149 143 145 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 401 Write 342 Mixed 153 SusWrite 171 59% 267 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 39.4 4K Mixed 8 63% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 91.2 DQ Mixed 36.9 47% 83.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 55%
Multiple Card Reader 32GB 2,863 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 30GB free, PID 6366 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 14 14 15 14 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Read 18.2 Write 16.3 Mixed 13.8 SusWrite 14.3 21% 15.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 2.6 154% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.8% Below average	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 9.5 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 10.4 SC Mixed 9.7 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 62%

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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 77%

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Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 - $132

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	219x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	121x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	95x

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 $38Bench 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	43x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	38x
KHX1866C10D3/8G 9905403-400.A00LF 9905403-400.A00LF 16GBKingstonBench 51%, 42 samples	24x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $505

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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