Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 67%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 51%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics91% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3  (all builds)
Memory12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140628
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 17 '18 at 22:10
Run Duration92 Seconds
Run User BRA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4460-$194
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
75.6% Very good
Memory 92.8
1-Core 96.4
2-Core 190
74% 126 Pts
4-Core 341
8-Core 330
45% 336 Pts
64-Core 352
22% 352 Pts
Poor: 46%
This bench: 75.6%
Great: 72%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
91% Outstanding
Lighting 116
Reflection 116
Parallax 99.8
94% 110 fps
MRender 99.7
Gravity 105
Splatting 105
85% 103 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 91%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$80
59GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
46.6% Average
Read 88.4
Write 74.1
Mixed 91.5
64% 84.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.47
4K Write 1.37
4K Mixed 0.33
82% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 46.6%
Great: 58%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
61.4% Good
MC Read 21.8
MC Write 22.9
MC Mixed 19.7
61% 21.5 GB/s
SC Read 14.5
SC Write 17.5
SC Mixed 19.6
49% 17.2 GB/s
Latency 62.6
64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 61.4%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-H97M-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 189 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 28%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 23%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 56% - Above average Total price: $371
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