Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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	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	57.9% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140626
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '17 at 22:41
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 213 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 410 55% 409 Pts	64-Core 411 26% 411 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2775) 3GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.2% Below average	Lighting 43.8 Reflection 29.2 Parallax 56.1 36% 43 fps	MRender 29.8 Gravity 46.1 Splatting 38.5 31% 38.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 39%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4414 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

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: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 23249588 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 36988258358875 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1412 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 197 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 41 67 55838965801 (C2) HDA temperature 41 67 55838965801 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 23249588 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 23249588 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 23249588 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 73014444033 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9424 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4820 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4820 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11785 (F4) Unknown 98 98 6291544	57.9% Above average	Read 424 Write 113 Mixed 149 50% 229 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 15.4 109% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 22.9 DQ Write 94.8 DQ Mixed 6.47 20% 41.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 451GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 165358960 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3022 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 14477069 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5379 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1405 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 47 638976036 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 83 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 51810 (C2) HDA temperature 36 53 47244640292 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -138529875163331 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6218317674 (F2) Unknown 100 253 80724037945	83.8% Excellent	Read 152 Write 141 Mixed 144 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.23 84% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5402-032.A00LF 2x4GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	46.9% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 14.8 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 12.7 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 51%

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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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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