Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '18 at 11:29
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 241 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 655 65% 529 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 36FC) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.5% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 109 Parallax 94.5 82% 102 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 92.8 Splatting 94.5 77% 93.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 273GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 50 51 60 61 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 77.5 Write 55.5 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 57.5 50% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1 174% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 76%
Generic Mass-Storage 16GB 1,710 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 15GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 4.8 4.7 4.9 4.9 4.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	3.78% Terrible	Read 12.5 Write 2.5 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 4.7 7% 6.23 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 15% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.78% Great: 16%

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 as expected (52^nd percentile)	54.4% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 16.5 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 12 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 60%

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Typical GA-H97M-HD3 Builds (Compare 493 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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 $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