Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49% 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	61.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140628
Uptime	20.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '20 at 02:10
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 109 2-Core 210 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 404 55% 412 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49% Average	Lighting 60.1 Reflection 66.6 Parallax 59.5 49% 62.1 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 58.4 Splatting 52.7 49% 61.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 78 59 57 55 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 456 Write 352 Mixed 107 SusWrite 83.2 55% 250 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 8 105% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 95.3 DQ Mixed 110 104% 167 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 82%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 123 124 125 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 126 Write 121 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 122 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	60% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 17.7 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 72%

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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-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 189 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 28%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 23%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	42x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	27x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	21x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	27x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	26x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	17x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	20x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	16x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	20x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	7x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	7x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $371

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