Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.2% 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	62.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '17 at 20:56
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

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 i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 102 2-Core 200 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 378 52% 383 Pts	64-Core 385 24% 385 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.2% Below average	Lighting 42.8 Reflection 47.4 Parallax 51.1 35% 47.1 fps	MRender 47.9 Gravity 37.7 Splatting 36.6 33% 40.7 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 21650847 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -109667694929251 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 979 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 218 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 51 77312753697 (C2) HDA temperature 33 51 77312753697 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 21650847 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 21650847 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 21650847 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 94489280513 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12098 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6238 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6238 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6208 (F4) Unknown 97 97 6160475	62.2% Good	Read 393 Write 118 Mixed 165 49% 225 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 20.5 117% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 96.3 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 33.2 47% 86.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 73%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 222GB free Firmware: D005DEM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 75 57968493 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4382 (05) Reallocated sector count 69 69 653 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 175675672 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22755 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3967 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 65535 (BC) Unknown 100 84 149 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 32 -138915715547102 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 2070958 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 544682 (C2) HDA temperature 34 68 42949672994 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 44 57968493 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 338 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 338 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -31941671763404 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2163814001 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2207413625 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	35.1% Below average	Read 60.8 Write 61.4 Mixed 59.3 46% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.26 54% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 43%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 200GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 174 4016 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1002 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6860 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 978 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 194 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 177 177 70342 (C2) HDA temperature 108 99 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	74% Very good	Read 141 Write 116 Mixed 96.7 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.22 90% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 85%
WD WD1200BEVS-60UST0 120GB 3,683 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 30GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 158 1025 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11054 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 39966 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 98 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5627 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1199 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 896818 (C2) HDA temperature 109 90 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	25.4% Poor	Read 44.5 Write 43.5 Mixed 42.3 33% 43.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.34 85% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,844 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 17.6 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 15.9 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 70%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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