Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 69.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics8.72% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H97M-HD3  (all builds)
Memory4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150918
Uptime3.2 Days
Run DateAug 19 '18 at 12:57
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing as expected (50th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770TE
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
69.5% Good
Memory 89.4
1-Core 86.9
2-Core 169
69% 115 Pts
4-Core 269
8-Core 408
42% 338 Pts
64-Core 418
26% 418 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 69.5%
Great: 74%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 645
Nvidia(10DE 1029) 1GB
CLim: 823 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
8.72% Terrible
Lighting 11.9
Reflection 10.8
Parallax 13.9
10% 12.2 fps
MRender 14.8
Gravity 14
Splatting 0.13
7% 9.62 fps
Poor: 9%
This bench: 8.72%
Great: 10%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
349GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS2OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 64 58 55 69 70 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
67% Good
Read 171
Write 142
Mixed 33.2
SusWrite 62.1
74% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.5
122% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 67%
Great: 107%
Seagate ST3320310CS 320GB
40GB free
Firmware: SC14
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 91.2
Write 92
Mixed 46.2
56% 76.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
119% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 16% Great: 54%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 Hynix HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 8GB
1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096 MB
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
54.8% Above average
MC Read 21
MC Write 19.9
MC Mixed 16.4
55% 19.1 GB/s
SC Read 13.6
SC Write 16.7
SC Mixed 16.1
44% 15.5 GB/s
Latency 68
59% 68 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 54.8%
Great: 58%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-H97M-HD3 Builds (Compare 493 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 61%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 - $75

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