Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	19.2% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	17.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '20 at 00:48
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 85.1 1-Core 82.8 2-Core 187 68% 118 Pts	4-Core 307 8-Core 426 46% 367 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3236) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 112 Parallax 110 88% 110 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 80.8 73% 90.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM810 2.5" 7mm 128GB 4,365 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: AXM06D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 20 46 32 38 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 92 Write 113 Mixed 48.5 SusWrite 35.5 16% 72.3 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 17.8 4K Mixed 11.2 41% 13.4 MB/s	DQ Read 14.3 DQ Write 19.3 DQ Mixed 9.5 9% 14.4 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 50%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 153GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 69 67 70 74 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 101 Write 100 Mixed 98 SusWrite 70.4 69% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 76%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 85GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 30 50 38 43 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 73.7 Write 76 Mixed 48.7 SusWrite 42 44% 60.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown IMT41GU6MFR8C-RA0 0420 0815 IMT41GU6MFR8C-RA0 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.4% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 13.8 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 14.7 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 50%

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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 77%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 - $132

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	220x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	122x
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	39x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16