Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	43.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '23 at 01:06
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 542 55% 448 Pts	64-Core 544 34% 544 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 537.13 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 118 Parallax 104 86% 110 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 102 Splatting 91.6 80% 98.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$51 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF870400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 113 116 132 129 123 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 377 Write 218 Mixed 216 SusWrite 143 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 32.1 4K Mixed 7.6 56% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 58.8 DQ Mixed 33.2 39% 68.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 55%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 158GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 138 139 138 141 138 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Read 149 Write 151 Mixed 96.5 SusWrite 139 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$48 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 84GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 190 186 188 198 196 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 93.4 Write 117 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 188 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 97% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$48 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 702GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 211 212 211 214 212 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 153 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 211 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 115% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 106%
HGST HTS 721010A9E630 1TB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 544GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 104 108 108 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 101 Write 104 Mixed 37 SusWrite 106 116% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 81% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 53%
WDC WDS1 20G2G0A-00JH30 120GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 112GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 10 23 39 18 61 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 103 Write 86.6 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 36 99% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 12.4 4K Mixed 14.2 953% 13.2 MB/s	DQ Read 15.1 DQ Write 20.6 DQ Mixed 16.5 1,318% 17.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.1 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 17.7 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 63%

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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	71	59	60	23.1"	1920 1080	GSM5A23 23MP55

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Gaming 39%

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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	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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16