Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '18 at 15:20
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	PER-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 92.8 2-Core 188 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 374 50% 372 Pts	64-Core 374 23% 374 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 36DF) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	Lighting 35.9 Reflection 32.4 Parallax 33 29% 33.8 fps	MRender 38.6 Gravity 31.1 Splatting 30.7 27% 33.5 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 574GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC4D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 27461496 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3357 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 43843880621 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12372 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3166 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 34 34 66 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131334 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 61 538443807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 799 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3924 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 68719476767 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 5046586585330 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -119651203316560 (F2) Unknown 100 253 101581883105434	64.1% Good	Read 115 Write 109 Mixed 101 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.21 77% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 255GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 171 2008 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6189 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7326 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1835 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 448 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5740 (C2) HDA temperature 114 105 29 (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	65.2% Good	Read 111 Write 116 Mixed 104 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.34 122% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 99U5471-028.A00LF 9905471-017.A00LF 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.2% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.6 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 17.6 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 49%

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

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 $37Bench 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: $504

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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