Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.3% 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)
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '20 at 11:57
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 101 2-Core 198 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 382 49% 372 Pts	64-Core 372 23% 372 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1340 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.10.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Lighting 72 Reflection 68.8 Parallax 95.3 59% 78.7 fps	MRender 67.3 Gravity 70.2 Splatting 55 52% 64.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 181 Write 120 Mixed 129 32% 143 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 18.1 103% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 83.6 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 56.5 56% 87.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
Samsung MZMTE256HMHP-00005 256GB 285 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 142GB free Firmware: EXT4400Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 263 262 199 175 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 446 Write 263 Mixed 194 SusWrite 209 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 22.9 129% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 85 124% 234 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 164 157 168 169 169 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 71.2 Write 105 Mixed 21.9 SusWrite 166 66% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.5 174% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 90%
WD Blue 750GB (2008)-$72 4,659 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 692GB free Firmware: 30.04G30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 92 92 92 92 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 90.6 Write 91.6 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 92.1 62% 84 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR3 1600 C11 2x4GB 1,697 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17.9 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 16.4 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 60%

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

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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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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