Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '18 at 19:51
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 227 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 595 62% 497 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52% Above average	Lighting 65 Reflection 68.7 Parallax 67.1 53% 66.9 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 60 Splatting 54.5 50% 62.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 1TB-$700 1,628 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 664GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 365 357 333 333 332 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 407 Write 408 Mixed 287 SusWrite 346 82% 362 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 35.2 143% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 237 197% 281 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 109%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 823GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 91 91 90 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 110 Write 91.3 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 90.9 70% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 67%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 209GB free Firmware: 1AA01112 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 46 51 55 53 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 67 Write 30 Mixed 42.3 SusWrite 52.2 36% 47.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 62%
Seagate ST3320820AS 320GB-$55 14,577 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 266GB free Firmware: 3.AHG SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 77 77 78 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 76 Write 43.7 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 76.6 44% 60 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team-Elite-1600 2x8GB 3,520 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 61%

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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 $38Bench 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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Value: 50% - Average

Total price: $384

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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