Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	134% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '19 at 16:41
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	22%

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 Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 88.4 1-Core 122 2-Core 239 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 458 54% 419 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 198 Parallax 204 154% 197 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 186 Splatting 130 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 483 Write 458 Mixed 381 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 51.2 183% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 255 217% 318 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 106GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 272 272 272 272 386 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 247 Mixed 324 SusWrite 309 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 54.6 189% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 233 209% 316 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 118%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 215GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 82 84 84 84 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 47.3 Write 45.2 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 82.5 39% 53.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 51%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 278GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 131 132 131 132 131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 101 Write 100 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 131 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 112%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 128 128 128 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 159 Write 130 Mixed 88 SusWrite 127 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 2x8GB 3,774 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.2% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.5 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 65%

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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 $133	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