Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics80.2% 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 Drive23.2% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3  (all builds)
Memory27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140628
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateAug 13 '19 at 19:25
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User BRA-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
84.3% Excellent
Memory 92.6
1-Core 117
2-Core 232
84% 147 Pts
4-Core 411
8-Core 599
63% 505 Pts
64-Core 597
37% 597 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 84.3%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.70
Performing below potential (58th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
80.2% Excellent
Lighting 99.6
Reflection 112
Parallax 97
81% 103 fps
MRender 96.4
Gravity 95.6
Splatting 94.9
78% 95.6 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 80.2%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM800 Series 2.5" 256GB
74GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VBM24D1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 25 38 48 40 94 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
23.2% Poor
Read 195
Write 30.5
Mixed 91.5
SusWrite 47.1
20% 91.1 MB/s
4K Read 19.2
4K Write 7.9
4K Mixed 7.6
43% 11.6 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 23.2%
Great: 34%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139
258GB free
Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 851 690 773 822 774 746 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
184% Outstanding
Read 871
Write 738
Mixed 622
SusWrite 776
169% 752 MB/s
4K Read 43.6
4K Write 133
4K Mixed 45.2
194% 73.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,053
DQ Write 906
DQ Mixed 954
722% 971 MB/s
Poor: 159%
This bench: 184%
Great: 353%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31
309GB free
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 160 159 161 162 161 MB/s
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
100% Outstanding
Read 189
Write 159
Mixed 86.3
SusWrite 160
109% 149 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 100%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
60.6% Good
MC Read 22.1
MC Write 21.8
MC Mixed 18.1
59% 20.7 GB/s
SC Read 15.9
SC Write 21.7
SC Mixed 20.5
55% 19.4 GB/s
Latency 63
64% 63 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 60.6%
Great: 91%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-H97M-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 189 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 28%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 23%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 56% - Above average Total price: $371
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