Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.2% 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	109% 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 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '18 at 16:36
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 216 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 570 59% 477 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Palit(1569 1183) 2GB CLim: 1334 MHz, MLim: 1527 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.2% Poor	Lighting 35 Reflection 36.3 Parallax 44.7 28% 38.7 fps	MRender 41.9 Gravity 42.1 Splatting 30.8 30% 38.3 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 164 156 154 150 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 479 Mixed 389 SusWrite 188 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 60.1 204% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 321 239% 318 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 194 193 186 193 193 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 90.7 Write 114 Mixed 74 SusWrite 191 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.7 232% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 191GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 29 62 119 64 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 115 Write 87 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 81.2 68% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 113%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 46GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 32 31 45 41 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	29.7% Poor	Read 66.5 Write 54.5 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 36.9 36% 48.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.4 80% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.2% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.6 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 19.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 65%

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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	49x
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 $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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