Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% 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	79% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '17 at 19:31
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 250 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 664 68% 547 Pts	64-Core 673 42% 673 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 178 Parallax 138 129% 158 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 179 Splatting 134 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 960GB-$195 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 345GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1808 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 364 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 950 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131081 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2784	82.9% Excellent	Read 514 Write 354 Mixed 346 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 10.7 102% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 46.9 95% 196 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 108%
Adata SP600 128GB 8,600 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2459 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 552 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 845 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 190 190 21489778790 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 552 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C2) HDA temperature 74 74 111670591514 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 97 97 3 (E9) Unknown 100 100 24344788736 (EA) Unknown 100 100 41449217664 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11263642052 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10705580063	79% Very good	Read 489 Write 163 Mixed 246 65% 299 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 26.3 135% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 29.5 71% 152 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 92%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 162 6725 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 177 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 918 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 177 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 395 (C2) HDA temperature 124 117 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	103% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 177 Mixed 153 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 2.68 4K Mixed 0.2 115% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 689GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 89 (03) Spinup time 175 172 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 781 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2649 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 551 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 744 (C2) HDA temperature 118 111 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	41.2% Average	Read 10.4 Write 133 Mixed 137 72% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.13 75% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 4x8GB 531 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.8 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 18.6 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 87%

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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%

Sail boat

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 $109Bench 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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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $444

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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