Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	46.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 29 '21 at 12:34
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 85.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 220 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 416 56% 416 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Sapphire(1DA2 E353) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1284 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.12.1 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.2% Average	Lighting 58.4 Reflection 59.8 Parallax 89.8 48% 69.3 fps	MRender 57.6 Gravity 61.9 Splatting 43.9 44% 54.5 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2013) 72,354 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 429GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 17 66 88 94 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 102 Write 111 Mixed 60 SusWrite 68.8 63% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 63%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 465GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 73 77 73 74 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 67.5 Write 60.1 Mixed 42.6 SusWrite 73.5 45% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 Kingston 99U5474-016.A00LF 8GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 52%

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

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Gaming 28%

Raft

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 23%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	42x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	27x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	21x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	27x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	26x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	17x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	20x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	16x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	20x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	7x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	7x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $371

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16