Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	119% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140626
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '20 at 03:11
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 223 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 612 61% 499 Pts	64-Core 627 39% 627 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 191 Parallax 194 129% 181 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 176 Splatting 121 113% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 262 254 254 249 254 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 429 Write 326 Mixed 318 SusWrite 264 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 40.3 144% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 141 136% 211 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 97%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 106GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 393 420 441 419 372 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 473 Mixed 456 SusWrite 404 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 58.2 196% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 357 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 452GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 145 91 104 44 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	32% Below average	Read 11.8 Write 14.2 Mixed 11.8 SusWrite 100 25% 34.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.2 32% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 147GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 96 97 96 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 99 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 95.9 64% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 135% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 9,944 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	49.6% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.6 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 16.4 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 70%

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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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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 61%

Destroyer

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 $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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16