Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.7% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20150422
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '23 at 11:56
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$145 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 90.3 2-Core 177 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 485 52% 414 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$205 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Zotac(19DA 5527) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 546.17 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.3% Very good	Lighting 91.5 Reflection 131 Parallax 84.6 75% 102 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 80 Splatting 73.6 71% 89 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$113 11,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0919A SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 304 428 357 438 334 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 128 Write 353 Mixed 312 SusWrite 375 67% 292 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 19 108% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 190 160% 230 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 602GB free Firmware: 13057113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 172 172 170 173 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 170 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 171 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 218% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU7BFR8C-RD 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 HMT41GU7BFR8C-RD 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 32GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 16.2 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 18.8 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns

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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	69	58	60	23"	1920 1009	HWP2949 HP LA2306

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $145Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	303x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	278x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	150x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	155x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	134x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $140Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	80x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $56Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	48x
A400 240GBKingston $27Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	40x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	67x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	42x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	32x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $541

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $270	Nvidia RTX 4060 $299	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12400F $148	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $299	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $199	Nvidia RTX 3060 $229	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $49

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $50	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $357	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16