Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83% 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	103% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141119
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '24 at 00:46
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 107 2-Core 188 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 543 55% 446 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 552.12 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 110 Parallax 99.2 84% 104 fps	MRender 94.8 Gravity 100 Splatting 98.2 80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 430 399 170 370 271 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 424 Mixed 410 SusWrite 344 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 46.2 149% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 292 237% 335 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 581GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 185 186 186 186 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 182 Mixed 79.9 SusWrite 186 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ACR16D3LU1KFG/8G 2x8GB 324 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 16.6 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 18.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 59%

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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	55	27	60	27"	1280 720	SAM0D22 S27F350

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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 $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	327x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	292x
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	148x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	85x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 60% - Good

Total price: $429

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	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