Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 36.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	8.55% 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	43.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	2.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit couleurs,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 26 '23 at 15:07
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4160-$120 48,506 User benchmarks, average bench 55% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Memory 41.4 1-Core 92.8 2-Core 131 50% 88.5 Pts	4-Core 179 8-Core 217 26% 198 Pts	64-Core 232 14% 232 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gigabyte(1458 3555) 2GB CLim: 1110 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 474.30 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	8.55% Terrible	Lighting 9.5 Reflection 14.2 Parallax 12.3 8% 12 fps	MRender 14.1 Gravity 12.3 Splatting 11.2 10% 12.5 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.55% Great: 9%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 513GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 65 302 343 358 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 372 Write 331 Mixed 320 SusWrite 197 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 53.4 4K Mixed 0.4 56% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 56.8 DQ Write 27.6 DQ Mixed 0.5 12% 28.3 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-028.A00LF 99U5584-020.A00LF 8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.7% Below average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 13.8 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 10.6 SC Mixed 8.6 26% 9.1 GB/s	Latency 196 20% 196 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 42%

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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: 0P 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	43	26	60	17"	1280 720	ENC1690 L557

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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	93x
Core i7-4790Intel $150Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	51x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	48x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	43x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	32x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $146Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	23x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $40Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	11x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	25x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	17x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	10x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $354

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $300	Nvidia RTX 3060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12600K $225	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $300	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $86
Intel Core i5-12400F $150	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $780	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $51

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $67	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16