Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	13.3% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140626
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '18 at 18:00
Run Duration	288 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 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)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 105 2-Core 208 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 399 54% 401 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Sapphire(174B E115) 1GB Driver: atiumd64.dll Ver. 8.681.0.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Lighting 17.6 Reflection 14.1 Parallax 11.2 14% 14.3 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 10.5 Splatting 18.4 11% 13.2 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3250824AS 250GB-$148 4,794 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 94GB free Firmware: 3.AAH Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 80 168331487 (03) Spinup time 90 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3803 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 566556151 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23481 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3759 (BB) vendor-specific 64 64 36 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 38 266977935401 (C2) HDA temperature 41 62 47244640297 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 45 11530698 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 197 1212 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	26.5% Poor	Read 43 Write 49.2 Mixed 21.3 28% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.29 71% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 37%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 154 7050 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10349 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30564 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3762 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10333 (C2) HDA temperature 112 90 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 186 5702 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50% Above average	Read 90.3 Write 83.8 Mixed 61.5 58% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.33 94% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 57%
WD WD1600JS-75NCB1 160GB 10,689 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 18GB free Firmware: 10.02E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 0 (03) Spinup time 191 176 3433 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2830 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23740 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2564 (BE) vendor-specific 62 41 38 (C2) HDA temperature 109 88 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 198 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 198 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 146 11732 (C8) Write error rate 200 195 0	22.6% Poor	Read 38.4 Write 39.9 Mixed 22.5 25% 33.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.26 77% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 35%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 690GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 99.2 Write 100 Mixed 66.3 111% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.31 88% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 45%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 292GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Read 37.4 Write 38.5 Mixed 7.45 33% 27.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.35 60% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 22%
Generic External 250GB 238 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 128GB free, PID 1840 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Read 37.7 Write 37 Mixed 18.1 38% 30.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.25 45% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT51264BA160BJ.M8F 2x4GB 1,661 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.4 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17.8 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 59%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	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: 58% - Above average

Total price: $444

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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