Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.6% 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	66.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '20 at 06:26
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 86.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 234 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 578 65% 509 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4014) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Lighting 99.5 Reflection 87.3 Parallax 82.5 81% 89.8 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 80.9 Splatting 75.9 74% 92.5 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 72 105 108 106 109 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 309 Write 118 Mixed 150 SusWrite 97.3 37% 169 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 35.6 133% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 102 91% 140 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 79%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 419GB free Firmware: 520ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 184 184 185 185 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 426 Write 211 Mixed 211 SusWrite 184 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 19.3 4K Mixed 23.5 87% 24.5 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 80.7 DQ Mixed 108 91% 137 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 65%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 175GB free Firmware: 520ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 195 185 211 206 208 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	63% Good	Read 419 Write 209 Mixed 168 SusWrite 209 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 19.1 4K Mixed 23.9 87% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 77.6 DQ Mixed 94.3 84% 131 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 946GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 146 144 144 144 145 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 135 Mixed 83.2 SusWrite 143 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-1600C9-8GSR 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-1600C9-8GSR 32GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.3 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 17.3 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 79%

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Typical GA-H97-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 704 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

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	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	39x
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 $269	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 $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