Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	47.8% 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	55.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	22.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141119
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '22 at 22:02
Run Duration	315 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$35 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 86.9 1-Core 102 2-Core 204 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 531 54% 437 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% PowerColor(148C 2358) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1010 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.8% Average	Lighting 60.9 Reflection 71.4 Parallax 85.9 50% 72.7 fps	MRender 62.8 Gravity 58.9 Splatting 44.7 44% 55.5 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 68 54 46 41 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 349 Write 254 Mixed 71.6 SusWrite 51.5 40% 182 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 47.1 4K Mixed 26.6 101% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 42.9 DQ Mixed 80.9 83% 143 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 105%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 11GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 69 69 70 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 72 Write 71.1 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 68.2 51% 68.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 76%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 30GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 50 51 51 51 51 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	25% Poor	Read 57.7 Write 58.3 Mixed 39.9 SusWrite 50.6 69% 51.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 44%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 15GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 62 56 36 44 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	26% Poor	Read 60.2 Write 60 Mixed 41.3 SusWrite 50.5 71% 53 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 44%
WD My Passport 259D 4TB 1,267 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 107GB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 86 88 87 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 83 Write 70.5 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 85.8 100% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.2 54% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 42%
WD Elements 25A1 2TB 7,574 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 39GB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 75 84 85 69 71 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 86.4 Write 71.9 Mixed 55.6 SusWrite 79.3 97% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.7 163% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 58%
WD Elements 25A3 6TB 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 950GB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 43 43 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 38.7 Write 40.6 Mixed 35 SusWrite 42.2 54% 39.1 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 9.8 4K Mixed 0.7 383% 5.83 MB/s	DQ Read 0.5 DQ Write 10.1 DQ Mixed 0.6 366% 3.73 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TD8G16C9-OC16AK 4x8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.4% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.2 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16.4 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 49%

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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	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16