Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics7.01% 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.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H97M-HD3  (all builds)
Memory13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140626
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 19 '19 at 11:34
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU 16%

 PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
80.8% Excellent
Memory 91
1-Core 106
2-Core 213
79% 137 Pts
4-Core 410
8-Core 406
55% 408 Pts
64-Core 423
26% 423 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 80.8%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 7750
XFX(1682 3248) 2GB
CLim: 800 MHz, MLim: 667 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
7.01% Terrible
Lighting 8.93
Reflection 10.2
Parallax 13.4
7% 10.8 fps
MRender 5.67
Gravity 8.87
Splatting 8.74
6% 7.76 fps
Poor: 7%
This bench: 7.01%
Great: 9%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate ST500LM021-1KJ152 500GB
415GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0004LIM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 104 116 124 123 127 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
65% Good
Read 113
Write 88
Mixed 52.3
SusWrite 114
67% 91.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.6
109% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 19%
This bench: 65%
Great: 77%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
52.4% Above average
MC Read 17.9
MC Write 19.1
MC Mixed 16.6
51% 17.9 GB/s
SC Read 13.7
SC Write 17.7
SC Mixed 16.4
46% 15.9 GB/s
Latency 65.8
61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 37%
This bench: 52.4%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-H97M-HD3 Builds (Compare 494 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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