Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	73.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (72%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	15.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140428
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '24 at 18:22
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	72%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$35 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	57.5% Above average	Memory 75.9 1-Core 70.1 2-Core 136 57% 93.8 Pts	4-Core 213 8-Core 385 36% 299 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gainward(10B0 17C8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 551.52 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.3% Very good	Lighting 90.8 Reflection 106 Parallax 103 74% 100 fps	MRender 91.4 Gravity 93.4 Splatting 81.8 72% 88.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 257 239 250 262 257 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 322 Write 328 Mixed 295 SusWrite 250 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 34.6 4K Mixed 22.5 76% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 219 174% 242 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 118%
LSI NWD-BLP4-800 800GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 584GB free Firmware: 0002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 241 246 245 243 217 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.9% Above average	Read 286 Write 299 Mixed 252 SusWrite 233 60% 267 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 14.1 4K Mixed 14.7 52% 15.3 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 238 187% 262 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 80%
WD Re 2TB-$28 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01D02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 134 132 132 137 134 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 138 Write 130 Mixed 82.7 SusWrite 132 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 83%
WD Re 2TB-$28 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01D02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 139 137 138 143 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 140 Write 127 Mixed 90.8 SusWrite 138 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C11D3/8GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX2133C11D3/8GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX 24GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 13.8 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 7.5 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 59%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	206	58	180	23.6"	1280 720	ACR0B4E QG240Y S3

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Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

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 $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

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $425

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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