Gigabyte GA-H97N

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.28% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97N (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150920
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '19 at 00:00
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 194 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 356 49% 366 Pts	64-Core 366 23% 366 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% EVGA(3842 1733) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	5.28% Terrible	Lighting 6.53 Reflection 6.92 Parallax 7.69 5% 7.05 fps	MRender 4.62 Gravity 7 Splatting 7.04 5% 6.22 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.28% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 749GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 169 173 188 165 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 174 Mixed 88.3 SusWrite 174 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%
WDC WD20 EARS-00MVWB0 2TB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 391GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 3.7 0.6 1.4 1.6 2.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	6.61% Terrible	Read 29.1 Write 6.3 Mixed 3 SusWrite 3.9 10% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 17% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.61% Great: 40%
WDC WD40 EZRX-00SPEB0 4TB 116 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 3TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 137 134 139 135 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 120 Write 118 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 134 148% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 119% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 61%
WDC WD40 EZRX-00SPEB0 4TB 116 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 333GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.3 1.4 1.3 0.6 1.4 0.5 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	23.3% Poor	Read 116 Write 111 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 1.6 92% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 102% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 61%
WDC WD40 EZRX-00SPEB0 4TB 116 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.4 1.5 1.1 0.8 1.2 1.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	21.2% Poor	Read 106 Write 106 Mixed 62.4 SusWrite 1.8 86% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 88% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 61%
WDC WD40 EZRX-00SPEB0 4TB 116 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 2.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 22 22 19 21 19 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Read 140 Write 132 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 20.3 113% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 122% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 61%
ST8000DM 002-1YW112 8TB 3.5TB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 4 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.3% Above average	Read 203 Write 140 Mixed 95.7 SusWrite 3.1 130% 110 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1.2 289% 9.67 MB/s

ST8000DM 002-1YW112 8TB 4TB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 4 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.5% Average	Read 160 Write 139 Mixed 101 SusWrite 3.1 124% 101 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 1.1 258% 9.33 MB/s

Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 653GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 27 4.5 10 12 17 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 51.5 Write 24 Mixed 29.1 SusWrite 26.8 41% 32.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 67% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 18.9 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 63%

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Typical GA-H97N Builds (Compare 44 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97N

CPU
Core i5-4440Intel $128Bench 61%, 81,111 samples	7x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	5x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	4x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	7x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	4x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	3x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 120GBKingston $35Bench 67%, 80,916 samples	4x
HyperX 3K 120GBKingston $100Bench 74%, 46,066 samples	2x
Vertex 4 128GBOCZ $215Bench 88%, 19,372 samples	2x

RAM
99U5471-052.A00LF 2x8GBKingstonBench 47%, 2,479 samples	3x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	2x
99U5474-028.A00LF 2x4GBKingstonBench 44%, 3,493 samples	2x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $178

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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