Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	113% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB 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	10.6 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '18 at 12:15
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 way above expectations (88^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 211 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 535 56% 447 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Nvidia(10DE 1401) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.6% Below average	Lighting 44.9 Reflection 44 Parallax 39.4 37% 42.8 fps	MRender 39.1 Gravity 39.7 Splatting 35.3 31% 38 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$119 11,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0919A SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 368 331 268 440 444 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 455 Mixed 330 SusWrite 373 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 53.7 184% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 196 173% 258 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%
Biostar G330-256GB 256GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 238GB free Firmware: P1205E SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 419 445 453 448 446 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 463 Mixed 428 SusWrite 437 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 50.7 177% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 256 205% 284 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 115%
WD WD5000AAKX-08U6AA0 1TB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 235GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 100 99 99 101 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 104 Write 92 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 99 67% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 102%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 220GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 102 100 100 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 108 Write 106 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 100 71% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 1313 14GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	30.5% Below average	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 8.7 27% 9.53 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 10.6 SC Mixed 9.8 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 45%

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	328x
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	86x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	57x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x
MX500 1TBCrucial $74Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16