Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.84% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.3% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140628
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '18 at 08:02
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 216 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 424 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.84% Terrible	Lighting 4.03 Reflection 6.65 Parallax 6.78 3% 5.82 fps	MRender 7.1 Gravity 2.57 Splatting 7.74 5% 5.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.84% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.7a SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 146 143 146 145 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 396 Write 166 Mixed 215 SusWrite 146 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 38.1 169% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 128 103% 144 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 80%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$99 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 192 188 192 190 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 196 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 190 108% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX16GX3M2A1600C11 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.2% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 11.4 33% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11.8 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 36%

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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%

Jet ski

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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16