Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140628
Uptime	34.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 11:53
Run Duration	86 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 600 63% 507 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 237GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 24036600 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1684 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 695721346 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17789 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1718 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032840 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 50 504627226 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 256 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2865 (C2) HDA temperature 26 50 34359738394 (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 37666863203764 (F1) Unknown 100 253 72450367853 (F2) Unknown 100 253 172005444195	70.1% Very good	Read 105 Write 138 Mixed 123 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 5.35 4K Mixed 0.67 195% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 27,462 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 16.7 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 17.3 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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Workstation 23%

Surfboard

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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