Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.1% 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	154% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '22 at 11:38
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (46^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-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 192 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 331 8-Core 569 55% 450 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 368F) 2GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.1% Below average	Lighting 45.2 Reflection 46.5 Parallax 41.4 37% 44.4 fps	MRender 37.4 Gravity 42.1 Splatting 36.8 32% 38.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P5 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$69 17,082 User benchmarks, average bench 256% 240GB free (System drive) Firmware: P4CR311 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 628 636 640 640 639 574 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 669 Write 637 Mixed 638 SusWrite 626 145% 642 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 87.4 4K Mixed 56.5 187% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 775 DQ Write 602 DQ Mixed 684 513% 687 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 332%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 150GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 355 358 356 354 361 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 465 Mixed 392 SusWrite 355 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 42.8 156% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 352 267% 360 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 213GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 108 106 112 112 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 81.4 Write 98.8 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 110 67% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 112%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 131 129 128 130 132 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 105 Write 120 Mixed 67.6 SusWrite 130 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.9 4K Mixed 0.8 248% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.4 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 19.6 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 39%

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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	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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Total price: $505

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 $178	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) $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