Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	55.6% 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	71.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150422
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '18 at 15:14
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	60% Above average	Memory 82 1-Core 81.1 2-Core 191 67% 118 Pts	4-Core 207 8-Core 325 33% 266 Pts	64-Core 263 16% 263 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.12.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Lighting 68.4 Reflection 61 Parallax 84 56% 71.1 fps	MRender 62 Gravity 56 Splatting 79.7 55% 65.9 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 315 341 365 369 364 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 239 Write 263 Mixed 225 SusWrite 345 61% 268 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 15.1 110% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 77.2 96% 164 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 348GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 142 120 138 149 151 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 55.2 Write 91.5 Mixed 21 SusWrite 141 56% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 73% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 26,466 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	25.5% Poor	MC Read 7.6 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 8.1 23% 8.07 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 6.9 21% 7.2 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	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