Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.1% 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	90.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140626
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '18 at 12:19
Run Duration	330 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 99.3 2-Core 158 72% 117 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 370 50% 371 Pts	64-Core 305 19% 305 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% MSI(1462 3033) 2GB CLim: 1150 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Lighting 40.4 Reflection 36.2 Parallax 49.4 33% 42 fps	MRender 32.4 Gravity 34.2 Splatting 42.3 30% 36.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 13GB free Firmware: 1.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 89 89 670019331484 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 77665893615267 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3709 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 61 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 80 68724719643 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 670019331484 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 670019331484 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 670019331484 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 429496729700 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9385 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7719 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7719 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7418	71.1% Very good	Read 514 Write 144 Mixed 199 62% 286 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 19.2 124% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 97.5 DQ Mixed 38.6 53% 99.5 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 83%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11741 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1540 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 89 89 359 (AE) Unknown 100 100 28 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 50 214749544480 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 89 89 11 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 44123738667 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1390720636 (F8) Unknown 100 100 302701006	90.8% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 327 Mixed 333 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 31.4 139% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 44.2 74% 138 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 97%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 112GB free Firmware: 1AA01110 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 88 3 (03) Spinup time 77 77 7790 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8147 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13965 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3377 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 96 1 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1038 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 48 353304597 (C2) HDA temperature 77 48 420413463 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 130911 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	51.7% Above average	Read 79.5 Write 100 Mixed 66.5 61% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.43 119% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 60%
WD Elements 25A1 2TB 7,574 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1.5TB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 98.3 Write 91.8 Mixed 62.5 104% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.21 74% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 58%
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 16GB 8,778 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 15GB free, PID 5571 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Read 37.7 Write 7.55 Mixed 10.9 18% 18.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.05 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 1 98% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.8% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 20 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

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 $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