Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.83% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	122% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '18 at 03:41
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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)	78.7% Very good	Memory 93.8 1-Core 98 2-Core 194 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 366 49% 367 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.83% Terrible	Lighting 3.77 Reflection 6.58 Parallax 6.62 3% 5.66 fps	MRender 9.38 Gravity 2.27 Splatting 7.61 5% 6.42 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.83% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 5 Volume 1TB 147 User benchmarks, average bench 137% 908GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 1,394 Write 317 Mixed 517 161% 743 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 28.9 4K Mixed 27.1 113% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 403 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 85.4 116% 220 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 262%
Kingston DataTraveler G2 8GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 1GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.52% Terrible	Read 23.9 Write 11.1 Mixed 14.2 19% 16.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.68 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.01 26% 2.24 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.52% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.7% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 19.8 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 19.9 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 63%

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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-HD3 Builds (Compare 494 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $38Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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