Gigabyte GA-H97M-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	44.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit cores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150920
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '22 at 20:42
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	6%

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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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 190 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 396 54% 400 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Nvidia(10DE 12E1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.9% Very good	Lighting 95.4 Reflection 96.1 Parallax 86.5 78% 92.7 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 87.9 Splatting 75.1 70% 86.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
P4-240 240GB 2,162 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: H181026 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 3.4 5.2 5.9 8.9 6.8 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 443 Write 45.8 Mixed 81.4 SusWrite 11.6 31% 146 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 17.7 4K Mixed 11.9 85% 23.2 MB/s	DQ Read 85.1 DQ Write 8.9 DQ Mixed 12.7 18% 35.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 94%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 211GB free Firmware: 1AC01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 96 97 97 97 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 82.2 Write 96.6 Mixed 62.9 SusWrite 95.3 62% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 62%
Samsung HD161HJ 160GB-$40 22,667 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 32GB free Firmware: GF100-07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 65 70 76 66 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 67.5 Write 30.1 Mixed 46.2 SusWrite 70.5 40% 53.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 42%
Samsung HM321HI 320GB-$40 12,451 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 57GB free Firmware: 2AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 61 61 61 61 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 53.4 Write 32 Mixed 39.7 SusWrite 59.9 34% 46.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 92% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SH564128FH8N6TNSQR Kingston 99P5474-013.A00LF 0423 Team-Elite-1600 Kingston 99P5474-055.A00LF 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57.9% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 17.7 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 16.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 60%

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

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