Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive111% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H97-HD3  (all builds)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140610
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 02 '20 at 04:00
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
84% Excellent
Memory 93.3
1-Core 119
2-Core 221
83% 144 Pts
4-Core 404
8-Core 595
62% 499 Pts
64-Core 598
37% 598 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 84%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
112% Outstanding
Lighting 150
Reflection 153
Parallax 131
122% 145 fps
MRender 119
Gravity 147
Splatting 115
103% 127 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 112%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54
355GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 427 451 426 380 353 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 453
Write 414
Mixed 406
SusWrite 410
95% 421 MB/s
4K Read 30.8
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 46.2
166% 63.7 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 347
DQ Mixed 288
237% 339 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 111%
Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
2TB free
Firmware: CC29
SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 176 175 178 179 177 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
101% Outstanding
Read 175
Write 145
Mixed 82.1
SusWrite 177
106% 145 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 101%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
61.2% Good
MC Read 21.8
MC Write 22.1
MC Mixed 19
60% 21 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 22.1
SC Mixed 21
54% 19 GB/s
Latency 61.5
65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 61.2%
Great: 72%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-H97-HD3 Builds (Compare 1,471 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 39%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $444
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