Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	90% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.3% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140626
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '20 at 19:10
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^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 way below expectations (7^th percentile)	68% Good	Memory 79.7 1-Core 103 2-Core 190 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 304 8-Core 500 49% 402 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90% Outstanding	Lighting 110 Reflection 124 Parallax 116 90% 117 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 122 Splatting 107 91% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 198 142 137 139 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 445 Write 342 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 177 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 71.1 4K Mixed 34.5 114% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 16.9 88% 200 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 103%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 11GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 71 54 59 66 75 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	43% Average	Read 84.8 Write 81.7 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 64.8 53% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 69%
Toshiba MK3265GSX 320GB-$91 6,085 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 91GB free Firmware: GJ002D SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 70 71 72 72 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Read 56.2 Write 54.2 Mixed 24.4 SusWrite 71.1 38% 51.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 48%
Samsung HM120JI 120GB 308 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 112GB free Firmware: YF100-15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 37 38 37 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Read 36.9 Write 35.1 Mixed 25.4 SusWrite 37.2 25% 33.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 21%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 3TB 1,438 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 92GB free, PID d010 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 81 94 97 87 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 118 Write 104 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 87.2 106% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 91% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	49.6% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 12.8 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 81 49% 81 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 64%

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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%

Battleship

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 $90Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $425

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16