Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	54.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97M-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '18 at 21:27
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 104 2-Core 204 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 377 51% 380 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	56% Above average	Lighting 70.8 Reflection 71 Parallax 63 58% 68.3 fps	MRender 75.2 Gravity 65.9 Splatting 56 53% 65.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 120GB-$70 6,931 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 80 65 65 71 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 461 Write 153 Mixed 242 SusWrite 79 51% 234 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 50.3 4K Mixed 11.2 75% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 60.1 88% 167 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 54GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 154 159 162 162 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 170 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 160 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 25GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 31 34 24 58 147 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 75.5 Write 42.8 Mixed 42.7 SusWrite 54 40% 53.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	51% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.5 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 15.7 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 62%

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

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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 $38Bench 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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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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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