Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.1% 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	101% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140628
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '16 at 18:20
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 103 2-Core 204 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 398 53% 396 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Gigabyte(1458 2272) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Lighting 37.1 Reflection 34.9 Parallax 47.9 30% 39.9 fps	MRender 31.1 Gravity 34.4 Splatting 41.2 30% 35.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 480GB-$139 1,753 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 238GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 313 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 51 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 70 53 201864839198	58.5% Above average	Read 481 Write 120 Mixed 179 56% 260 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 7.01 79% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 31.9 74% 160 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 90%
Crucial M550 128GB-$40 2,673 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 177 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 424 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 56 (AE) Unknown 100 100 88 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 54 197569216539 (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 2 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6086561394 (F7) Unknown 100 100 191788827 (F8) Unknown 100 100 285220537	101% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 350 Mixed 412 94% 424 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 35.6 148% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 61.7 120% 241 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%
StoreJet Transcend 2TB 4,473 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1.5TB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 90.5 Write 79.1 Mixed 79.1 105% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.19 66% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF 2x4GB 8,083 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 17.7 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 16 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 59%

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

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Desktop 77%

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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 $182	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) $30	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