Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	26.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	114% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '20 at 00:04
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 98.2 2-Core 193 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 357 48% 356 Pts	64-Core 346 21% 346 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Asus(1043 2015) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.1.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	26.4% Poor	Lighting 31.8 Reflection 33.9 Parallax 38 26% 34.6 fps	MRender 30.6 Gravity 26.8 Splatting 40 27% 32.5 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 305 300 295 295 294 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 472 Mixed 440 SusWrite 302 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 56.7 189% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 250 219% 326 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 128%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 742GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 149 149 148 149 147 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 120 Write 130 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 147 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 164% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 116 116 116 116 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 111 Write 109 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 115 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 129% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 114%
Generic- SD/MMC 8GB 452 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 17 17 17 17 17 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	11.3% Very poor	Read 18.5 Write 14.3 Mixed 9.8 SusWrite 17.4 20% 15 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.8 119% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99P5474-013.A00LF 2x4GB 772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 18.8 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 59%

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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%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 32%

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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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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