Gigabyte GA-H97M-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69% 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.

Very high background CPU (77%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '21 at 17:53
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	77%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Memory 79.4 1-Core 101 2-Core 199 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 355 48% 360 Pts	64-Core 388 24% 388 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85DC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.6% Excellent	Lighting 99.2 Reflection 112 Parallax 112 81% 108 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 99.5 Splatting 98.6 80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 140 122 132 133 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	69% Good	Read 283 Write 250 Mixed 243 SusWrite 130 51% 226 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 39.3 128% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 212 160% 214 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 85%
Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB 56,609 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 799GB free Firmware: S3402101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 402 409 418 417 419 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 425 Write 372 Mixed 360 SusWrite 410 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 26.2 111% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 95.4 113% 188 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 459GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 169 171 171 174 174 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 97 Write 101 Mixed 62.4 SusWrite 170 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 188 189 187 188 188 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 123 Mixed 81 SusWrite 187 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/4G 16GB 449 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.6% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 11 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 11.7 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 81.7 49% 81.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 66%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	10	8	60	21.5"	1920 1017	SAM0C2D S22E310

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-DS3P

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	23x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	22x
Core i5-4440Intel $79Bench 61%, 81,111 samples	7x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	33x
GTX 1660-TiNvidia $143Bench 76%, 318,562 samples	5x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	5x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $77Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	6x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	5x

RAM
99P5471-067.A00LF 0420 16GBKingstonBench 28%, 5 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples	5x
Kingston 99P5471-067.A00LF 16GBUnknownBench 56%, 5 samples	4x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $237

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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