Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	10.7% 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	60.9% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '19 at 06:05
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 104 2-Core 201 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 392 52% 390 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7750 22,655 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Asus(1043 0427) 1GB CLim: 820 MHz, MLim: 1150 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Lighting 12.8 Reflection 14 Parallax 15.2 10% 14 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 11.2 Splatting 16.7 11% 13.2 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 128GB-$74 4,687 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114B SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 84 144 149 150 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 476 Write 149 Mixed 197 SusWrite 133 52% 239 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 26.9 94% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 41.2 DQ Mixed 64.7 57% 89.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 621GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 202 203 202 204 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 173 Mixed 86.1 SusWrite 203 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 112%
Samsung HM321HI 320GB-$40 12,451 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 76GB free Firmware: 2AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 61 62 62 62 62 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 57.2 Write 17.4 Mixed 42.4 SusWrite 60.6 33% 44.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBSR 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBSR 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.7% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 10.9 38% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 12.1 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 53%

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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 77%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 - $132

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	220x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	122x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	95x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	101x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	66x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	49x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	49x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	34x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	12x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	43x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	39x
KHX1866C10D3/8G 9905403-400.A00LF 9905403-400.A00LF 16GBKingstonBench 51%, 42 samples	24x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $505

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16