Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.05% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	46% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141119
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '17 at 00:54
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 216 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 431 58% 430 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% PNY(196E 0973) 1GB CLim: 1058 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9.05% Terrible	Lighting 10.1 Reflection 9.38 Parallax 11.7 8% 10.4 fps	MRender 13.6 Gravity 12.1 Splatting 13 11% 12.9 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.05% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 298GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 128869882 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 130429566856467 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 55 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 28 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 36 44 77312294948 (C2) HDA temperature 36 44 77312294948 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 128869882 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 128869882 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 128869882 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10738 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11743 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11743 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11110 (F4) Unknown 99 99 5898283	46% Average	Read 412 Write 210 Mixed 233 63% 285 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 15.7 4K Mixed 9.64 54% 15.9 MB/s	DQ Read 19.5 DQ Write 15.9 DQ Mixed 9.03 9% 14.8 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 65%
Hitachi HDN724030ALE640 3TB 4,385 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 79 (03) Spinup time 125 125 38687277553 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2928 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11090 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 55 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2943 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2943 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 227634708517 (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 200 200 0	74.3% Very good	Read 133 Write 126 Mixed 123 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.23 107% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 88%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 147GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 120 12058 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5611 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26988 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 514 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 422 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5188 (C2) HDA temperature 117 99 35 (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	63.7% Good	Read 127 Write 94.2 Mixed 97.1 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.3 108% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 112%
Hitachi HDT721064SLA360 640GB-$135 3,861 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 71GB free Firmware: STDOA38E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 117 (03) Spinup time 120 120 30087971170 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6549 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 62399 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2719 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 7036 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 7036 (C2) HDA temperature 130 130 219044511786 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	38% Below average	Read 68.3 Write 64.1 Mixed 66.8 50% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.3 76% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 59%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 60GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 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 253 253 8766 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6996 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 40047 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1510 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1073 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5922 (C2) HDA temperature 110 94 42 (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	43.6% Average	Read 76.5 Write 75.1 Mixed 74.5 57% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.29 97% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 76%
WD 3200AAJ External 320GB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 112GB free, PID 0910 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 35.4 Write 40 Mixed 36.6 49% 37.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.39 52% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.5 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 18.2 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 72%

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

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 $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