Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 65.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	38% 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	64.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit cores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '17 at 18:26
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	66%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 90.1 2-Core 168 67% 113 Pts	4-Core 292 8-Core 310 40% 301 Pts	64-Core 310 19% 310 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1475 MHz, MLim: 1757 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.43 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	38% Below average	Lighting 46.3 Reflection 50.3 Parallax 44.4 38% 47 fps	MRender 56.1 Gravity 44.6 Splatting 42.6 38% 47.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11171 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3035 (B1) Unknown 89 89 375 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 46 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 78 78 21822 (EB) Unknown 99 99 680 (F1) Unknown 99 99 38390816611	64.4% Good	Read 493 Write 212 Mixed 331 76% 345 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 53.2 4K Mixed 17.1 81% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 65 DQ Mixed 57.5 71% 133 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 76%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 66GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 92 (03) Spinup time 130 130 12896370865 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2184 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7055 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1655 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 13354 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 13359 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 214750003241 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 399	58.1% Above average	Read 105 Write 97 Mixed 99 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.14 65% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 103%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 61GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 140 3858 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2255 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9018 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2029 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 371 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1883 (C2) HDA temperature 100 91 43 (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 160114 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.9% Average	Read 96.1 Write 77.9 Mixed 65.2 60% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.24 71% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SH564128FH8N6TNSQG 12GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.7% Poor	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 8.4 27% 9.53 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 6.6 20% 7.07 GB/s	Latency 78.6 51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 55%

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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 $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) $39	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