Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	78.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '16 at 13:19
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 254 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 493 67% 496 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% PowerColor(148C 2359) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.0.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Lighting 46.2 Reflection 51.2 Parallax 54.9 38% 50.8 fps	MRender 50.8 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 39.3 35% 43.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST4000DM001-1FK17N 4TB 378 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 150932336 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 18 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2799167 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 40 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 64 521666590 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 110 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 103079215134 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 100 150932336 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 109770774151195 (F1) Unknown 100 253 998322485 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6271451893	13.7% Very poor	Read 64.8 Write 134 Mixed 77.2 21% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 13.4 4K Mixed 0.54 10% 5.06 MB/s	DQ Read 3.45 DQ Write 9.77 DQ Mixed 0.52 2% 4.58 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 17%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 193 100 193 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 200 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 25 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 88 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 100 223338299432 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1571 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1153 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1207	78.5% Very good	Read 471 Write 414 Mixed 451 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 5.26 113% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 32.7 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 9.8 27% 55.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 78%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 278 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1173 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 233 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 182 (C2) HDA temperature 114 94 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	97.7% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 163 Mixed 161 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.37 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.3 137% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown R538G1609U1K 2x4GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 18.1 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 60%

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Gaming 8%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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