Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	34.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 07 '21 at 21:28
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 90.2 2-Core 222 74% 132 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 410 56% 415 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.3% Very good	Lighting 93.8 Reflection 110 Parallax 97.7 76% 100 fps	MRender 93.6 Gravity 96.2 Splatting 98.5 79% 96.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 7 18 52 7.7 40 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	34.5% Below average	Read 191 Write 63.1 Mixed 94.3 SusWrite 45.2 22% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 17.7 71% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 49.2 DQ Write 65.6 DQ Mixed 78.4 53% 64.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 100%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 355GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 62 62 62 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 57.9 Write 59.9 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 61.3 45% 60.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.3% 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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 19.5 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.7% 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 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	124x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	97x

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 $36Bench 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	44x
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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Total price: $502

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16