Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.2% 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	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '17 at 10:20
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 above expectations (82^nd percentile)	67.9% Good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 89.8 2-Core 178 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 347 38% 298 Pts	64-Core 366 23% 366 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 150 Parallax 130 120% 142 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 135 Splatting 106 95% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 5745 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 599 (A5) Unknown 100 100 781815842657 (A6) Unknown 100 100 20 (A7) Unknown 100 100 36 (A8) Unknown 100 100 70 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 44 (AE) Unknown 100 100 50 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 55 236224184357 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6618684065872 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4975 (EA) Unknown 100 100 9823 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5262 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5402 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	67.2% Good	Read 437 Write 303 Mixed 290 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 65.3 4K Mixed 12.9 91% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 12.3 39% 78.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 93%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 166 4358 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 923 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2332 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 164 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 185 185 45268 (C2) HDA temperature 120 102 27 (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	87.3% Excellent	Read 156 Write 148 Mixed 131 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.29 114% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-015.A00LF 2x4GB 1,033 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 17.9 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 15.5 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 59%

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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	59x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	53x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	40x
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
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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