Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (11th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 89 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.6% 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 Drive	25.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '20 at 19:47
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	56%

PC Performing way below expectations (11^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 54.4 2-Core 111 53% 82.8 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 594 58% 474 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.4% 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: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	8.6% Terrible	Lighting 5.6 Reflection 7.88 Parallax 8.5 5% 7.33 fps	MRender 5.86 Gravity 29.3 Splatting 22.9 16% 19.3 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 8.6% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mercury Electra 6G SSD 1TB 116 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0518CS SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 127 111 111 81 70 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	25.7% Poor	Read 166 Write 116 Mixed 155 SusWrite 101 30% 135 MB/s	4K Read 10 4K Write 12.6 4K Mixed 7.7 32% 10.1 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 48.6 DQ Mixed 62.2 50% 70.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 662GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 108 97 99 103 122 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 115 Write 97.7 Mixed 64.9 SusWrite 104 70% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 109%
WD Elements 1.5TB 5,064 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1TB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 17 16 16 16 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Read 17.8 Write 16.2 Mixed 15.5 SusWrite 16.7 22% 16.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 66% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 22%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 17GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.1 10 9.2 9.2 9.6 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	7.3% Terrible	Read 17.8 Write 9.5 Mixed 12.5 SusWrite 9.6 16% 12.4 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1 65% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 7.3% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	45.4% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 7.1 17% 6.1 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 62%

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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%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

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 $80Bench 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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Total price: $384

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