Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.3% 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)
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	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 27 '19 at 09:16
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$132 255,027 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 (100^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 229 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 582 64% 506 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 285-$189 6,276 User benchmarks, average bench 32% PowerColor(148C 2349) CLim: 945 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Lighting 43.6 Reflection 48.5 Parallax 50.9 36% 47.7 fps	MRender 46.4 Gravity 37.8 Splatting 34.8 32% 39.7 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$113 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,502 Write 2,534 Mixed 4630 934% 4,222 MB/s	4K Read 260 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 180 711% 201 MB/s	DQ Read 623 DQ Write 395 DQ Mixed 484 367% 501 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$49 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 569GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 164 168 167 167 167 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 148 Mixed 82 SusWrite 167 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 114%
SanDisk Extreme Pro USB 3.0 128GB-$60 1,435 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 41GB free, PID 5588 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 234 Write 208 Mixed 75.7 203% 173 MB/s	4K Read 9.4 4K Write 10.9 4K Mixed 7.7 668% 9.33 MB/s	DQ Read 10.4 DQ Write 11.1 DQ Mixed 9.5 739% 10.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% Great: 123%
Generic Flash-Disk 134GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 125GB free, PID 1320 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.8 3.9 4 4.1 4.2 4.1 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	2.42% Terrible	Read 10.7 Write 3.8 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 4 7% 5.95 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.42% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	57.8% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 17.6 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 18.7 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 62%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	332x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	294x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	161x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	167x
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 $72Bench 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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