Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.33% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	2.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141119
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '21 at 17:58
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 98.3 2-Core 197 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 562 54% 448 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gigabyte(1458 3555) 2GB CLim: 1110 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	8.33% Terrible	Lighting 9.5 Reflection 12.8 Parallax 12 8% 11.4 fps	MRender 14.2 Gravity 9.6 Splatting 11.2 9% 11.7 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.33% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate BarraCuda Q1 SSD ZA480CV10001 480GB 2,539 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 393GB free Firmware: STWSH012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 438 433 432 431 435 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 229 Write 106 Mixed 270 SusWrite 395 57% 250 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 35.1 123% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 37.3 76% 152 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 237GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 85 53 64 84 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 88 Write 16.5 Mixed 39 SusWrite 66.6 39% 52.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 120% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 70%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 275GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 90 159 159 160 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 139 Write 67 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 118 72% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 486GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 58 41 68 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 147 Write 169 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 56.1 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.4 93% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 113%
ST310005 24AS 1TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 407GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 4.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 32.8 Write 28.1 Mixed 22.8 SusWrite 3.5 27% 21.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 88% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 37%
ST350041 8AS 500GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 57GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 25 25 25 25 25 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 33.3 Write 28.5 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 24.9 36% 27.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 94% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 17.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 16.3 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.7% 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 39%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	326x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	290x
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	147x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	85x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	57x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 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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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 $45	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