Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.2% 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	14.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '23 at 02:20
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 215 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 550 60% 477 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% EVGA(3842 1068) CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 4075 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Lighting 93.2 Reflection 96.9 Parallax 88.7 76% 92.9 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 85 Splatting 78.2 77% 96.6 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 434 Write 230 Mixed 247 67% 304 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 52.1 192% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 204 159% 219 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 186 Write 87.7 Mixed 84.8 89% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
Samsung HM250HI 250GB-$50 4,831 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 81GB free Firmware: 2AC101C4 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 62.1 Write 35.2 Mixed 39.5 34% 45.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% Great: 47%
AI Mass Storage 32GB 1,216 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 28GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 29.3 Write 3 Mixed 2.5 9% 11.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 9905403-400.A00LF 9905403-400.A00LF 16GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 20.7 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 61%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 - $132

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	219x
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 $37Bench 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	38x
KHX1866C10D3/8G 9905403-400.A00LF 9905403-400.A00LF 16GBKingstonBench 51%, 42 samples	24x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $504

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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