Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	71.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	20.3% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '22 at 21:09
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 (98^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 89.7 2-Core 181 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 338 45% 335 Pts	64-Core 333 21% 333 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FBE) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.5% Very good	Lighting 90.4 Reflection 91.5 Parallax 83.1 74% 88.3 fps	MRender 91.4 Gravity 86.5 Splatting 72.9 67% 83.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1C2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 115 30 45 45 32 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	20.3% Poor	Read 120 Write 62.7 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 84.9 17% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 9.8 4K Write 15.3 4K Mixed 7.5 32% 10.9 MB/s	DQ Read 11.6 DQ Write 13 DQ Mixed 11.7 9% 12.1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 292GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 94 94 92 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 187 Write 156 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 93.7 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 114%
Hitachi HTS543225L9A300 250GB-$30 4,341 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 26GB free Firmware: FBEOC44C SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 61 61 62 62 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	30.2% Below average	Read 44.3 Write 47.2 Mixed 33.1 SusWrite 60.8 34% 46.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-056.A00LF 2x8GB 2,451 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 18.4 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 18.6 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 61%

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

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Gaming 28%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 23%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	42x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	27x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	21x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	27x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	26x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	17x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	20x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	16x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	20x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	7x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	7x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $371

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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