Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	85.3% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	6.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '18 at 10:14
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 232 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 463 62% 460 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.9.1 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.5% Poor	Lighting 38.3 Reflection 27.5 Parallax 48 31% 37.9 fps	MRender 26.4 Gravity 34.6 Splatting 34 26% 31.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKJW240H6 240GB 843 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 159 179 177 187 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 375 Write 236 Mixed 253 SusWrite 167 58% 258 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 41.5 162% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 163 142% 214 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 91%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 65GB free Firmware: CV12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 85 87 83 81 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 118 Write 98.5 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 84.8 66% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 76GB free Firmware: CV22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 131 136 127 136 131 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 151 Write 150 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 133 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 108%
Samsung HD103UI 1TB 1,652 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 158GB free Firmware: 1AA0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 43 45 41 43 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Read 66.3 Write 29.8 Mixed 46 SusWrite 43.3 34% 46.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 51%
Generic- SD/MMC 4GB 275 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.6 6 6 5.9 5.9 5.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	2.98% Terrible	Read 7.3 Write 5 Mixed 3.8 SusWrite 5.9 7% 5.5 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 10% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.98% Great: 9%
SDHC Card 32GB 13,791 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 29GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 15 15 14 15 16 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 88 Write 12 Mixed 14.8 SusWrite 14.6 31% 32.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.4 90% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19.3 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 68.3 58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 72%

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

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 - $132

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	219x
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	38x
KHX1866C10D3/8G 9905403-400.A00LF 9905403-400.A00LF 16GBKingstonBench 51%, 42 samples	24x

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Total price: $505

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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