Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.9% 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	45.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140628
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	May 02 '21 at 09:31
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 93.4 2-Core 183 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 361 47% 353 Pts	64-Core 343 21% 343 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$295 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 139D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.9% Above average	Lighting 69.4 Reflection 67.9 Parallax 0.2 57% 45.8 fps	MRender 58 Gravity 67.4 Splatting 54.4 49% 59.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS480G2G0B-00EPW0 480GB 14,337 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: UK40 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 76 123 0.1 6.5 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 433 Write 357 Mixed 317 SusWrite 63.4 65% 293 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 39.6 4K Mixed 11 67% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 19.4 40% 80.2 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 59%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 503GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 194 196 195 196 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 190 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 193 116% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.7 461% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 25E1 2TB 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 462GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 88 87 87 87 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 123 Write 99.3 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 87.8 125% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.3 165% 2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 18.3 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 18.6 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 76%

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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	121x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16