Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141119
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '18 at 23:49
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 (53^rd percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 215 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 587 60% 486 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2602 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 163 Parallax 149 123% 154 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 145 Splatting 119 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 76 75 51 75 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 334 Write 239 Mixed 200 SusWrite 71.8 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 12.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 31.2 116% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 180 140% 190 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 316GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 112 109 109 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 186 Write 157 Mixed 88 SusWrite 110 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 112%
Generic- SD/MMC 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 30GB free, PID 0306 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 34 34 34 34 34 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Read 40.5 Write 27 Mixed 19 SusWrite 34 39% 30.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.9 55% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 33%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 47GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 80 81 81 81 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 82 Write 82.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 80.9 100% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.4% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 16.9 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 72%

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	326x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	290x
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	147x
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 $273	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 $45	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