Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	47.2% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '17 at 20:46
Run Duration	275 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 112 2-Core 209 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 570 58% 472 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% EVGA(3842 2881) 3GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.2% Average	Lighting 58.5 Reflection 59.1 Parallax 74.1 48% 63.9 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 63.2 Splatting 42.5 46% 58.7 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$70 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 196 195 98757 (03) Spinup time 186 176 5675 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4636 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35347 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 920 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 177 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1235189 (C2) HDA temperature 129 104 21 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 197 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 197 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 197 2	52.1% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 84.9 Mixed 68.9 62% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.17 56% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 63%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 11GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	7.38% Terrible	Read 21.4 Write 4.39 Mixed 9.98 12% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.64 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.07 77% 1.84 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.38% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CM3X2G1333C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 1317 OCZ3P1333LV2G 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.2% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12.6 40% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 13.6 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 42%

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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	326x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	291x
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 $94Bench 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: 60% - Good

Total price: $429

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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