Gigabyte GA-H97N-WIFI

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	148% 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	55.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150202
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '21 at 19:02
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 556 58% 465 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.4% 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; KO-RTX3070-O8G - GAMING CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	148% Outstanding	Lighting 218 Reflection 197 Parallax 211 177% 209 fps	MRender 192 Gravity 148 Splatting 132 126% 157 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB-$145 41,734 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 117 126 128 125 127 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 311 Write 141 Mixed 148 SusWrite 124 40% 181 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 20 91% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 123 110% 168 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 128%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 23GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 453 Write 428 Mixed 344 91% 408 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 54.4 178% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 351 264% 353 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 105GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 104 106 99 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 117 Write 87.1 Mixed 13.5 SusWrite 103 58% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 110%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 10GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.9 8.2 4.8 7.3 6.7 9.2 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	21.7% Poor	Read 120 Write 14.2 Mixed 9 SusWrite 7.3 32% 37.5 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 41% 3.43 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 23%

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 (77^th percentile)	56% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 18.1 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 16.4 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 62%

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Desktop 61%

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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	76x
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 $54Bench 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 $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