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Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75% 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	93.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	14.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '23 at 21:57
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$104 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 107 2-Core 216 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 553 62% 485 Pts	64-Core 559 35% 559 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$218 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% EVGA(3842 1068) CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 4100 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	75% Very good	Lighting 91.1 Reflection 95.7 Parallax 87.9 74% 91.6 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 83.5 Splatting 78.1 77% 96.4 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 131 136 134 134 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 382 Write 207 Mixed 256 SusWrite 139 55% 246 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 51.1 195% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 172 145% 211 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 186 181 184 184 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 188 Mixed 98.7 SusWrite 182 122% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.3 261% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%
Samsung HM250HI 250GB-$50 4,831 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 81GB free Firmware: 2AC101C4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 42 43 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	Read 56.1 Write 38.7 Mixed 38.3 SusWrite 42 32% 43.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 9905403-400.A00LF 9905403-400.A00LF 16GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.2 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 21.1 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 61%

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

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Typical GA-H97-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 744 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

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

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $104Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	229x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	130x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	102x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	104x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	70x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	52x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	49x
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	35x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	13x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	48x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	42x
KHX1866C10D3/8G 9905403-400.A00LF 9905403-400.A00LF 16GBKingstonBench 51%, 42 samples	24x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $471

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