Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	33.2% 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	50% 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 (33%). 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-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit cores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140628
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '19 at 19:55
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Memory 79.2 1-Core 83.2 2-Core 159 63% 107 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 239 30% 229 Pts	64-Core 261 16% 261 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 70%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.47% Terrible	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 5.54 Parallax 5.53 3% 4.89 fps	MRender 7.14 Gravity 2.27 Splatting 6.78 4% 5.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.47% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% PNY(196E 1138) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.2% Below average	Lighting 42.7 Reflection 41.8 Parallax 37.7 35% 40.7 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 38.3 Splatting 33.9 30% 37.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 89 77 70 82 87 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	50% Above average	Read 255 Write 122 Mixed 168 SusWrite 82.6 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 65.2 4K Mixed 25.7 98% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 82.8 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 103 78% 103 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 73%
Seagate ST3500630NS 500GB-$53 3,965 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 3GB free Firmware: 3CNR Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 66.5 Write 67.5 Mixed 45.3 44% 59.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.3 79% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 17% Great: 43%
Seagate ST3500630NS 500GB-$53 3,965 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 4GB free Firmware: 3CNR SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 59 64 65 62 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 64 Write 63.2 Mixed 47.3 SusWrite 63.5 44% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 27,462 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	43.1% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 13.4 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 14 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 82 49% 82 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.1% 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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Typical GA-H97M-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 189 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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