Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18% 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	45.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141119
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '18 at 22:30
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 248 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 655 64% 523 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84BB) CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 368.81 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Lighting 22.9 Reflection 17.7 Parallax 20.5 19% 20.4 fps	MRender 25.7 Gravity 19.1 Splatting 17.4 17% 20.8 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11683 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1251 (B1) Unknown 98 98 21 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 54 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 83 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12210206617	45.4% Average	Read 494 Write 140 Mixed 207 61% 280 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 1.52 64% 14.5 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 118%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 194GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 126234929 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6383 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 13169675535 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 31546 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3174 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8591179796 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 60 420675609 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 47244640281 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 22 126234929 (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 70686571797720 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4238309575 (F2) Unknown 100 253 359009610	48.7% Average	Read 86.9 Write 82.8 Mixed 67.1 59% 78.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.4 92% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 69%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 160GB free Firmware: CC35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 32277973 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6459 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 25 (07) Seek error rate 60 59 274947693754 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34638 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2614 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 90196082716 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 58 454295579 (C2) HDA temperature 27 42 55834574875 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 14 32277973 (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 13245679181730 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3912269310 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1241672795	41.7% Average	Read 67 Write 78.3 Mixed 67.3 53% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.41 94% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 3GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 848 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1273 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 62275225 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25271 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1273 (B7) Unknown 1 1 124 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 84 84 16 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 487981085 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1273 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 68719476765 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 7 848 (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 86839943783183 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3976313269 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2468386309	40.6% Average	Read 74.2 Write 67.3 Mixed 81.2 56% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.67 4K Mixed 0.48 79% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1x8GB 7,988 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 9.2 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 9.8 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 35%

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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%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	326x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	290x
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	147x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	85x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	57x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	48x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 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: 58% - Above average

Total price: $444

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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