Gigabyte GA-H97N-WIFI

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 77.4%, 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	117% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97N-WIFI (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '21 at 16:38
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 86.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 252 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 619 60% 493 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Asus(1043 87BE) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	151% Outstanding	Lighting 223 Reflection 207 Parallax 200 182% 210 fps	MRender 199 Gravity 153 Splatting 135 130% 162 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 266 325 360 270 244 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 482 Mixed 367 SusWrite 311 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 57.9 198% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 82GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 48 43 33 46 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	30% Poor	Read 55 Write 88.8 Mixed 21.6 SusWrite 49 39% 53.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.8 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 16 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 62%

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Workstation 7%

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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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Total price: $421

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