Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	32.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140424
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '20 at 06:21
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

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 i5-4690-$51 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 (99^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 109 2-Core 197 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 417 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Nvidia(10DE 105F) 2GB CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Lighting 20.2 Reflection 13 Parallax 17.6 16% 16.9 fps	MRender 25.1 Gravity 23.6 Splatting 17.1 18% 21.9 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S064G 63GB 2,842 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 105 60 52 50 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 397 Write 168 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 67.7 39% 177 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 10.4 4K Mixed 9.6 38% 11 MB/s	DQ Read 32.8 DQ Write 11.3 DQ Mixed 14.8 13% 19.6 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 47%
Crucial BX500 960GB-$54 11,103 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 738GB free Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 300 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.5 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 448 Write 398 Mixed 365 SusWrite 110 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 29.9 141% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 41.7 92% 184 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 351GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 182 184 183 184 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 136 Mixed 81 SusWrite 182 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 2x8GB 5,493 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 18.8 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.7 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 60%

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

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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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16