Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 45% Speed boat


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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	0.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	6.7 Days
Run Date	May 07 '21 at 21:16
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	18%

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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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 102 2-Core 207 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 349 49% 360 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.8% Very good	Lighting 96.6 Reflection 110 Parallax 98.6 79% 102 fps	MRender 93.1 Gravity 96.2 Splatting 98.7 79% 96 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71B1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 352 Write 256 Mixed 172 57% 260 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 2.3 4% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 100%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 355GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 61 60 61 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 61.9 Write 58.7 Mixed 45.5 SusWrite 59.6 42% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-084.A00LF KHX1866C10D3/8G 16GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 18.1 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 16.7 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 63%

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Typical GA-H97-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 705 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

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	122x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16