Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.4% 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	87.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	1.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140506
Uptime	10.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '23 at 23:07
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 186 78% 131 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 605 60% 489 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.71% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 2.9 Parallax 7.4 3% 4.8 fps	MRender 8.2 Gravity 2.7 Splatting 5.5 4% 5.47 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.71% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36DD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 124 Parallax 109 91% 115 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 107 Splatting 96.8 84% 103 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 1TB 17,192 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 211GB free (System drive) Firmware: SN08735 SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 378 396 302 222 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Read 410 Write 440 Mixed 364 SusWrite 294 85% 377 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 40.5 4K Mixed 43.1 132% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 197 168% 246 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 101%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 466GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 633 450 448 387 423 436 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 946 Write 839 Mixed 529 SusWrite 463 155% 694 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 47.1 160% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 384 DQ Mixed 350 272% 374 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 313%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992002 (997002) 2x4GB 198 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 16.4 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 17.4 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	70	58	60	21.5"	1280 720	HWP2867 HP ZR22w

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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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	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 $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 $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16