Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	151% 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 Drive	99.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '20 at 09:14
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 109 2-Core 200 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 590 58% 474 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Device(7377 150A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	151% Outstanding	Lighting 221 Reflection 205 Parallax 198 180% 208 fps	MRender 199 Gravity 153 Splatting 136 130% 163 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 158%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5166 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.42% Terrible	Lighting 3.7 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 7 3% 4.43 fps	MRender 8.4 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 4.9 4% 5.27 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.42% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 29 23 23 23 22 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 208 Mixed 326 SusWrite 60.3 60% 273 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 54 195% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 177 183% 299 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 108%
Seagate BarraCuda 120 SSD ZA500CM10003 500GB 6,074 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 339GB free Firmware: STRSD013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 479 489 479 486 486 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 221 Mixed 473 SusWrite 479 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 67.4 228% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 366 275% 367 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 136%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 96GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 161 163 146 147 161 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 164 Write 147 Mixed 85.2 SusWrite 148 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL KHX1866C10D3/4G 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	56.4% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 16.4 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 17.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.4% 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%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	327x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	292x
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	148x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	86x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	57x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x
MX500 1TBCrucial $74Bench 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: 60% - Good

Total price: $429

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16