Gigabyte GA-H97N-WIFI

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.94% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97N-WIFI (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140628
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 31 '17 at 05:55
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590S-$79 11,598 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 94 1-Core 105 2-Core 199 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 383 51% 380 Pts	64-Core 379 24% 379 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4578 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.94% Terrible	Lighting 3.87 Reflection 6.62 Parallax 7.47 3% 5.98 fps	MRender 9.67 Gravity 2.33 Splatting 7.87 6% 6.62 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.94% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSD Pro 1500 Series 180GB-$209 7,834 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: LH6i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -126134599541506 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 107 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 107 (B7) Unknown 100 100 24 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 31 53 51543080991 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 107 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 380396 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 34 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 92 92 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 380396 (F2) Unknown 100 100 200124 (F9) Unknown 100 100 57948	57% Above average	Read 463 Write 150 Mixed 259 64% 291 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 8.55 94% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 24 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 9.24 23% 45.8 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 82%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$80 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 82 (03) Spinup time 129 129 47283765846 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 11178 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17809 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 55 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 11213 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 11213 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 257698758686 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	65.6% Good	Read 106 Write 123 Mixed 114 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.17 68% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 92%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 8TB 685 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 547GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	189% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 197 Mixed 222 218% 294 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 4.49 4K Mixed 0.34 169% 2 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 189% Great: 173%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.5% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.7 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 20.3 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97N-WIFI - $112

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	75x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	65x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	59x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	60x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	55x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	33x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	28x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x
MX500 500GBCrucial $48Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	15x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	35x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	28x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	19x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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