Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '18 at 10:10
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	72%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Memory 79.5 1-Core 90 2-Core 150 64% 106 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 451 49% 388 Pts	64-Core 480 30% 480 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 153 Parallax 142 114% 145 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 137 Splatting 113 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 256GB 4,588 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: JURA0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 279 244 295 248 240 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 458 Write 189 Mixed 383 SusWrite 252 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 41 4K Mixed 27.8 81% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 26.7 DQ Mixed 86.3 74% 116 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 109%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 418GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 83 77 88 88 89 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 95.7 Write 106 Mixed 69 SusWrite 83.7 65% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 62%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 25GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 96 98 98 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 92 Write 101 Mixed 12.7 SusWrite 97.1 54% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 10GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 70 69 67 66 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 73.8 Write 76.5 Mixed 30 SusWrite 66.1 45% 61.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.4 80% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 107%
FCR-HS3 -1 64GB 194 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 9GB free, PID 6348 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.5 13 14 14 16 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	11.3% Very poor	Read 30.7 Write 2.8 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 13.2 15% 13.8 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.9 80% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 42%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 3TB 1,602 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 791GB free, PID d011 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 83 83 84 88 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	23.9% Poor	Read 25.2 Write 54.2 Mixed 18 SusWrite 85.8 68% 45.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.2 24% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-048.A00LF 99U5471-002.A00LF 99U5403-048.A00LF 99U5471-002.A00LF 12GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.2% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 14.9 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 12.1 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 81.6 49% 81.6 ns

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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 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	327x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	292x
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	86x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	57x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x
MX500 1TBCrucial $80Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $425

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16