Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 66%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.8% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	1.4 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '19 at 22:32
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	66% Good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 23.2 2-Core 84.5 43% 63.9 Pts	4-Core 264 8-Core 362 40% 313 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.8% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 5.96 Parallax 7.09 3% 5.62 fps	MRender 8.81 Gravity 2.27 Splatting 7.57 5% 6.21 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.8% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 343 362 371 404 402 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 434 Write 426 Mixed 258 SusWrite 367 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 33.8 4K Mixed 17.2 71% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 20.9 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 159 124% 161 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 772GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 170 170 174 171 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 139 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 172 101% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-134.A00LF 2x2GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	49.2% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.8 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 13.2 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical GA-H97M-HD3 Builds (Compare 495 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

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Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

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 $76Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16