Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	47.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	86.7% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '21 at 16:37
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 105 2-Core 208 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 403 54% 402 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1619 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (58 fps cap detected)	47.3% Average	Lighting 58 Reflection 58 Parallax 58 47% 58 fps	MRender 58 Gravity 58 Splatting 58 48% 58 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 157 95 94 94 93 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 450 Write 382 Mixed 314 SusWrite 148 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 40.5 158% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 239 183% 248 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 104%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 52GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 350 373 162 148 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 462 Write 422 Mixed 360 SusWrite 251 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 40.9 152% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 223 160% 203 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 594GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 167 169 171 170 170 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 134 Write 111 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 169 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 173% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 109%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 391GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 90 90 90 90 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	44% Average	Read 63.5 Write 67.4 Mixed 40 SusWrite 89.8 48% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 129% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 17.8 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.9% 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%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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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