Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	68.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	14.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150422
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '21 at 00:45
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 100 2-Core 192 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 491 54% 425 Pts	64-Core 553 34% 553 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$209 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC8) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.9% Good	Lighting 90.6 Reflection 85.3 Parallax 40.4 74% 72.1 fps	MRender 64.9 Gravity 79.8 Splatting 71.8 59% 72.2 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM871b 2.5 7mm 512GB 796 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 296GB free (System drive) Firmware: MVT02D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 336 404 393 404 392 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Read 403 Write 398 Mixed 341 SusWrite 387 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 38.1 126% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 316 234% 311 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 275GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 112 111 112 111 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 78.1 Write 84.5 Mixed 59.3 SusWrite 110 61% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 68%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 53GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 55 56 57 54 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Read 55.2 Write 55.8 Mixed 39.8 SusWrite 54.6 38% 51.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 55%
External USB3.0 DISK00 500GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 119GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	9.61% Terrible	Read 35.5 Write 23.9 Mixed 28.9 SusWrite 0.1 27% 22.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 74% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 9.61% Great: 105%
External USB3.0 DISK01 750GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 498GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.6 1.3 0.3 0 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	8.78% Terrible	Read 35.2 Write 21.2 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 0.8 27% 21.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 63% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 8.78% Great: 34%
External USB3.0 DISK02 2TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.4 2.5 1.3 0.1 0 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Read 38.4 Write 26.1 Mixed 29.4 SusWrite 1.1 29% 23.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 88% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 67%
External USB3.0 DISK03 2TB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	6.76% Terrible	Read 37 Write 5 Mixed 9 SusWrite 0.1 12% 12.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 33% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 6.76% Great: 80%
External USB3.0 DISK04 3TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 3TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.7 2.7 1.4 0 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	7.38% Terrible	Read 33.5 Write 7 Mixed 11.7 SusWrite 1.6 14% 13.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.1 28% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 7.38% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DBLT4GN568S 1321 DBLT4GN568S 0423 Team-Elite-1600 0423 Team-Elite-1600 24GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	35.3% Below average	MC Read 12 MC Write 12 MC Mixed 10.6 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 11.9 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	327x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	292x
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	148x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	85x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	57x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x
MX500 1TBCrucial $68Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $425

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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