Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 65.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	57% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '17 at 02:16
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^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 way below expectations (16^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Memory 71.6 1-Core 93.8 2-Core 184 66% 116 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 520 52% 422 Pts	64-Core 553 34% 553 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AB) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	57% Above average	Lighting 71.4 Reflection 72.1 Parallax 63.5 58% 69 fps	MRender 66.9 Gravity 65.1 Splatting 68 55% 66.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 119GB free Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 209 Write 176 Mixed 292 51% 226 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 35.8 143% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 53.8 88% 164 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 107%
Intel 535 Series 120GB-$75 5,451 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 41GB free Firmware: RG20 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12219 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 564 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 34 100 51542229026 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 33343 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 66 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 33343 (F2) Unknown 100 100 259338 (F9) Unknown 100 100 4623	67.1% Good	Read 441 Write 164 Mixed 235 61% 280 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 16.1 108% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 44.3 72% 138 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 87%
Intel 535 Series 120GB-$75 5,451 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG20 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4748 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 564 (AA) Unknown 71 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 31 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 33 100 51542229025 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 444714 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 53 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 71 100 0 (E9) Unknown 47 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 444714 (F2) Unknown 100 100 507435 (F9) Unknown 100 100 90530	66.2% Good	Read 484 Write 174 Mixed 155 59% 271 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 16.6 102% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 43.7 62% 113 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 160GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 167 2383 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 771 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 549 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 766 (C2) HDA temperature 111 103 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71% Very good	Read 126 Write 121 Mixed 115 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 2.92 4K Mixed 0.36 139% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 23GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 166 2383 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 555 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12748 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 549 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 518 (C2) HDA temperature 111 102 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	84.7% Excellent	Read 159 Write 136 Mixed 138 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.61 4K Mixed 0.23 110% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1400 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	45.5% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 13.9 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 14.5 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 97.8 41% 97.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 87%

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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	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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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $505

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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