Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.9% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	161% 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.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '20 at 07:33
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 132 2-Core 211 85% 146 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 498 59% 455 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Zotac(19DA 730B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	4.9% Terrible	Lighting 5.87 Reflection 6.69 Parallax 7.47 5% 6.68 fps	MRender 3.86 Gravity 7.2 Splatting 7.17 5% 6.08 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.9% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 512GB 21,659 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: 32B3T8EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 488 466 467 470 469 472 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 589 Write 517 Mixed 531 SusWrite 472 119% 527 MB/s	4K Read 54.7 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 76 255% 90.4 MB/s	DQ Read 771 DQ Write 538 DQ Mixed 553 440% 621 MB/s
Poor: 155% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 318%
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 512GB 21,659 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 472GB free Firmware: 32B3T8EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 881 470 471 470 471 470 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,258 Write 1,954 Mixed 1,534 SusWrite 539 350% 1,571 MB/s	4K Read 60.2 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 89.4 304% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1151 DQ Write 919 DQ Mixed 561 549% 877 MB/s
Poor: 155% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 318%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL10 Series 2x8GB 4,816 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.5% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.5% 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%

Battleship

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 $37Bench 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: $504

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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