Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16% 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	45.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '19 at 16:53
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 96.2 2-Core 192 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 366 48% 363 Pts	64-Core 366 23% 366 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Gigabyte(1458 362E) 1GB CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	16% Very poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 15.9 Parallax 16.8 16% 17.5 fps	MRender 23.1 Gravity 18.6 Splatting 16.6 16% 19.4 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 97 97 101 90 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 260 Write 121 Mixed 150 SusWrite 93.3 35% 156 MB/s	4K Read 10.8 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 17.6 88% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 16.3 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 22.8 31% 53.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 73%
Samsung MZMTE256HMHP-00005 256GB 285 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 162GB free Firmware: EXT4400Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 257 259 260 259 259 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 442 Write 265 Mixed 182 SusWrite 259 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 24 121% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 27.6 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 30.2 33% 53 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 174 177 176 179 178 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 75.5 Write 156 Mixed 22.5 SusWrite 174 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.5 182% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 90%
WD Blue 750GB (2008)-$72 4,659 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 688GB free Firmware: 30.04G30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 92 93 92 93 93 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 90.8 Write 86 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 92 61% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR3 1600 C11 2x4GB 1,697 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17.7 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 16.4 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 60%

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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 8%

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 - $75

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	113x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	75x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	60x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	53x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	41x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	14x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	35x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	24x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	11x

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Total price: $384

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