Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '18 at 14:09
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (49^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, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 99.6 2-Core 196 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 374 51% 378 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Gigabyte(1458 3624) 3GB CLim: 1359 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Lighting 60.8 Reflection 53.9 Parallax 78 50% 64.2 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 71.2 Splatting 52.5 52% 65 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11252 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2296 (B1) Unknown 96 96 64 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 53 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 41 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33539148092	73.2% Very good	Read 494 Write 402 Mixed 413 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 50.1 4K Mixed 18.8 88% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 35.5 DQ Write 77.1 DQ Mixed 18.6 25% 43.7 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$61 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 410GB free Firmware: CC9F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 122816608 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 12145 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7698598 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13238 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4230 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 38 764941434906 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 51798 (C2) HDA temperature 26 62 51539607578 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 101386997993180 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -137425678394763 (F2) Unknown 100 253 84225316490252	62.4% Good	Read 108 Write 109 Mixed 134 89% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.18 54% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 113%
Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB 71,657 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 111GB free Firmware: SBK2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 64 81711542 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3826 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 20516033 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 90460601192333 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 738 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 61 353107989 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23068 (C2) HDA temperature 21 40 34359738389 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -100502234725317 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9822826074 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10781056423 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	44.2% Average	Read 79.5 Write 73.4 Mixed 62.8 54% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 4.65 4K Mixed 0.46 177% 2.02 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 28GB free Firmware: CC4A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 202357240 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16470 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 8665515463 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 51051 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3999 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 261997854872 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 73 38 1082785660955 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 392 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18631 (C2) HDA temperature 27 62 25769803803 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 4 202357240 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 114117281077504 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4204083206 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3133137648	41.7% Average	Read 59.1 Write 86.4 Mixed 55 50% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.36 67% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 69%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 431 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1TB free, PID a208 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 87.1 Write 97.3 Mixed 65.5 106% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.18 49% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT51264BD160BJ.C8F 1315 CT51264BD160BJ.C8F Kingston 99U5402-070.A00LF Kingston 99U5402-052.A00LF 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	60.1% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 18.3 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 19.3 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 60%

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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	327x
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	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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16