Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics10.9% 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 Drive61.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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)
Memory6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150918
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 14 '19 at 22:37
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4440-$128
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
76.5% Very good
Memory 91.4
1-Core 94.5
2-Core 186
73% 124 Pts
4-Core 356
8-Core 364
48% 360 Pts
64-Core 358
22% 358 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 76.5%
Great: 70%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 745 (OEM)-$60
Sapphire(174B 249A) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1032 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.54
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
10.9% Very poor
Lighting 13.5
Reflection 13.3
Parallax 10.1
11% 12.3 fps
MRender 11.4
Gravity 12.5
Splatting 14.4
11% 12.8 fps
Poor: 9%
This bench: 10.9%
Great: 10%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84
90GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z3311000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 89 90 96 86 96 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
61.8% Good
Read 382
Write 361
Mixed 304
SusWrite 97.9
64% 286 MB/s
4K Read 13
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 20.4
105% 48.5 MB/s
DQ Read 155
DQ Write 262
DQ Mixed 31.3
74% 150 MB/s
Poor: 36%
This bench: 61.8%
Great: 71%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
62.6% Good
MC Read 22.4
MC Write 23.5
MC Mixed 19.8
63% 21.9 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 17.7
SC Mixed 19.9
52% 18.2 GB/s
Latency 65.2
61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 62.6%
Great: 62%

 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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