Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	47.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140626
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '22 at 14:22
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	10%

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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 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 above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 122 2-Core 184 78% 132 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 645 65% 526 Pts	64-Core 642 40% 642 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 136 Parallax 127 104% 130 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 131 Splatting 114 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 13 2.9 3.5 3.5 20 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 448 Write 355 Mixed 248 SusWrite 47.5 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 18.3 75% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 67.4 DQ Mixed 40.2 44% 74.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 56%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 454GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 137 134 132 133 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 139 Write 140 Mixed 29.9 SusWrite 132 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 135% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 107%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA360 500GB 12,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 39GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 84 84 84 84 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 46.9 Write 71.7 Mixed 41.2 SusWrite 83.2 45% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 77%
SMI USB DISK 8GB 3,022 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.7 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	10.5% Very poor	Read 35.8 Write 9.2 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 7.9 16% 14.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.2 52% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	60.6% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 20 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 63%

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Gaming 39%

Jet ski

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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	57x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	48x
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: 58% - Above average

Total price: $444

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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