Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	121% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	18.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '19 at 18:48
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^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-$132 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 220 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 584 61% 487 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 115 Parallax 95.8 82% 104 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 95.4 Splatting 99.1 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$71 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0427ANR SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 433 442 453 452 451 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 468 Mixed 455 SusWrite 442 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 55.4 187% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 294 239% 339 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 127%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$32 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 144GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 116 116 120 122 117 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 194 Write 174 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 118 92% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$24 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 668GB free Firmware: CC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 199 199 199 198 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 139 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 199 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA660 500GB 17,638 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 261GB free Firmware: JP2OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 127 127 127 127 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 141 Write 142 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 127 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 3x8GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 19.7 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 59%

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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 $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	221x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	124x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	98x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	101x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	67x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	49x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 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	44x
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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